Celtic’s win over Livingston puts Brendan Rodgers’ team back on top of the Scottish Premiership this afternoon.
And the timing of the win couldn’t be better. With the Ibrox Glasgow Derby coming up next Sunday, a win against our rivals will assert Celtic’s position at the top of the table.
However, today’s scoreline could have been by a bigger margin had Celtic been awarded a penalty in the first half after Livingston defender, Mikey Devlin, clearly fouled Kyogo Furuhashi in the penalty box.
It wasn’t a view shared by Alan Muir in the VAR room or Sky Sports pundit Kris Boyd as the former Rangers man made a bizarre claim with his view on the incident that left Chris Sutton and Robert Snodgrass absolutely baffled.
Kris Boyd makes strange Kyogo claim
Sutton said [Sky Sports], “I think Celtic will feel hard done by I mean I’ve had to look at this numerous times.
“I’m really surprised Don Robertson wasn’t sent over to the monitor to have a look. I think that you see this is the best one.
“There is contact, Kyogo gets to the ball first so I think that’s a penalty, I really do.
Boyd: “You had to look at it numerous [times] and still can’t make your mind up. So it’s not clear and obvious.”
Snodgrass: “That angle there, that’s a penalty. You wouldn’t want that as a penalty? Come on!”
Boyd: “He’s already down before the contacts made.”
Sutton: “Well, he’s not. You’re watching a different game.”
Snodgrass: “You can see the kick there, he takes his leg away from him. Kyogo there, he’s trying to position himself there to hold the ball up and he [Livingston’s defender] takes his back leg away.”
Boyd then rambled on about Kyogo holding his ankle whilst ignoring the Sky Sports pictures clearly showing Devlin making contact with Kyogo’s left knee.
To be honest, Boyd’s view is unsurprising. He quite often disagrees with decisions Celtic get (or don’t get in this matter) as he constantly courts controversy with his punditry views.
But for now, Celtic can focus on next week and prepare for a huge game at Ibrox and ensure that their best players are fit and ready for what is sure to be a huge occasion in the race for the title.