Alan Archibald - Jags should have had penalty

[ian1964 10,720]

Partick Thistle boss Alan Archibald felt his side should have been given a penalty in their 1-0 defeat by Celtic.

 

Olivier Ntcham's first-half goal proved decisive as Kris Doolan headed over a glorious chance before Nir Bitton appeared to clip Miles Storey late on.

 

"It's a foul anywhere else on the pitch," said Archibald. "It's a big call in the last minute against Celtic. "You don't often get them. We had one in midweek, we usually get one a year so we're not getting two in four days."

 

Celtic dominated possession but lacked a finishing touch with Leigh Griffiths starting on the bench and Moussa Dembele still missing.

 

Despite debuts for Conor Sammon and Miles Storey, signed from Hearts - on loan - and Aberdeen respectively, Thistle carried little threat until a late rally.

 

"We had one good chance [Doolan's] and the late penalty shout," Archibald told BBC Scotland. "We worked ever so hard, it's not easy to contain them."I know it's frustrating for our fans that we didn't come out and have a real go but you saw at the end there when we went with two strikers and they can quickly turn you over."

 

 

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers believes referee Andrew Dallas was in a good position to make the penalty call, and felt his side deserved to claim all three points.

 

"I'd need to see it again," said Rodgers. "It looked from where I was that Nir (Bitton) got a toe to it, and he was the right side of the defender.

 

"The pitch was maybe a bit slippy at that stage which is perhaps why the boy went down, but the ref was in a great position and he didn't give it.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40905776

[ian1964 10,720]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5GHRpAocw0

[StuGers 477]

Penalty all day long.

[the gunslinger 3,366]

Its not deliberate but its a penalty

 

 

[ian1964 10,720]

It highlights how difficult it is going to be to close the gap on them, intimidation!.

 

To be fair to the ref he is probably still traumatised from when he was sitting in his parents house as a kid when the house was attacked by the BHEASTS when his old man was a ref!.

Edited August 12, 2017 by ian1964

[RANGERRAB 3,617]

Wee Brenda either needs his eyes tested or his TV set fixed if he thought Bitton got a toe to it.

 

Penalty kick every day of the week

[colinstein 294]

not a penalty. Thistle player runs into his path. If anything it's obstruction by the jags player