The Scottish FA Key Match Incident Panel has unanimously backed two key decisions from Celtic’s 3-1 win over Rangers on Sunday, May 10, siding with the on-field calls over a tackle by Alistair Johnston and Yang’s equaliser.
The panel’s review covered Johnston’s booking for a challenge on Mikey Moore after 38 minutes and the decision to let Yang’s goal stand despite claims of offside in the build-up. On both incidents, the KMI panel gave the match officials full support, agreeing 3:0 that no VAR intervention was needed over the tackle or the yellow card, and that the equaliser was correctly allowed to stand.
That leaves the game’s flashpoints exactly where they started: as decisions made in real time, under pressure, and now judged to have been right. The review matters because it settles two of the most disputed moments from a match that carried the usual Old Firm edge and left Rangers with enough frustration to question both the foul and the positioning before the goal.
Danny Rohl did not hide his irritation after the match, but he also made clear he was not interested in building a case around excuses. He said he is “at first not a guy who looks at excuses for some decisions,” while also saying he had heard there may have been an offside situation because someone was in front of the goalkeeper. He added that the tackle felt “really aggressive” on the pitch, though he had not seen it again.
Rohl also pointed to the limits of what can be done once the officials have made a call. “Some other people made the decision, and if the decision is like this then we cannot change it now, I think everyone should look back,” he said. But he also warned that if the goal should not have stood, or if the tackle merited a red card, then someone should take responsibility because “this is crucial.”
The Scottish FA review gives the officials the final word on both incidents and underlines how narrow the margin can be in a match like this. For Rangers, it means the complaints do not change the record: Celtic won 3-1, the booking stayed in place, and Yang’s equaliser counted.
