Steven Naismith branded VAR rubbish after Hearts were not awarded at least one penalty before they had to fight back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw with Ro s County. The Jambos bo s felt Nathaniel Atkinson was fouled by Ben Purrington in the first half, and he was left irate in the 51st minute when substitute Alan Forrest looked to be tripped as he tried to round County goalkeeper Ro s Laidlaw, only to be booked for diving. Replays indicated that there was contact, although the decision was not changed following a VAR review. It proved important as County moved into a two-goal lead within 10 minutes through Aaron Gordon Jersey an Alex Cochrane own goal and a Yan Dhanda free-kick. The Jambos fought back to earn a point thanks to goals from substitute Kenneth Vargas and Lawrence Shankland. I think we should have had a penalty from two incidents in the first and second half, Naismith said. With the first one with Natty Atkinson, (Celtic striker) Kyogo (Furuhashi) gets a penalty here (in October) against us by getting his body in front of Cochrane. Today, Natty Atkinson gets his body in front of the defender, no penalty given. VAR should see it, but doesnt. The second one Alan Forrest gets contact. I can understand the referee not seeing it with the speed of play, but VAR has got to see it. Ive come in and looked at the video and theres contact. You pause it and theres contact. Its not given and its not good enough. This is twice before today weve had apologies for the wrong decision being made by VAR, rubbish. The positive for us is that we get back in the game and take something Vic Law Jersey from the game. Ro s County bo s Derek Adams felt his side were dominant in the first half and did enough to win the game. We murdered them in the first half, we had so many good opportunities, he said. The way we played, the way we pa sed the ball, the way we opened them up, it was a fantastic performance. Look at the chances we created, the goals we did score. Over the afternoon we were the better side. I thought we were very good. We could have been 2-0 or 3-0 up at half-time but we didnt take the chances when we had them and we were up against a team thats third in the league, and thats what you get with them and the players theyve got.
Steven Naismith branded VAR rubbish after Hearts were not awarded at least one penalty before they had to fight back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw with Ro s County. The Jambos bo s felt Nathaniel Atkinson was fouled by Ben Purrington in the first half, and he was left irate in the 51st minute when substitute Alan Forrest looked to be tripped as he tried to round County goalkeeper Ro s Laidlaw, only to be booked for diving. Replays indicated that there was contact, although the decision was not changed following a VAR review. It proved important as County moved into a two-goal lead within 10 minutes through Aaron Gordon Jersey an Alex Cochrane own goal and a Yan Dhanda free-kick. The Jambos fought back to earn a point thanks to goals from substitute Kenneth Vargas and Lawrence Shankland. I think we should have had a penalty from two incidents in the first and second half, Naismith said. With the first one with Natty Atkinson, (Celtic striker) Kyogo (Furuhashi) gets a penalty here (in October) against us by getting his body in front of Cochrane. Today, Natty Atkinson gets his body in front of the defender, no penalty given. VAR should see it, but doesnt. The second one Alan Forrest gets contact. I can understand the referee not seeing it with the speed of play, but VAR has got to see it. Ive come in and looked at the video and theres contact. You pause it and theres contact. Its not given and its not good enough. This is twice before today weve had apologies for the wrong decision being made by VAR, rubbish. The positive for us is that we get back in the game and take something Vic Law Jersey from the game. Ro s County bo s Derek Adams felt his side were dominant in the first half and did enough to win the game. We murdered them in the first half, we had so many good opportunities, he said. The way we played, the way we pa sed the ball, the way we opened them up, it was a fantastic performance. Look at the chances we created, the goals we did score. Over the afternoon we were the better side. I thought we were very good. We could have been 2-0 or 3-0 up at half-time but we didnt take the chances when we had them and we were up against a team thats third in the league, and thats what you get with them and the players theyve got.