Dermot Gallagher believes the Celtic support saved Nicolas Kuhn from a red card

Speaking on Sky Sports’ Ref Watch, former FIFA referee, Dermot Gallagher, has delivered his verdict on whether he felt Kuhn should have seen red for his late celebrations with the Celtic fans.

“I think what saves him is that the crowd runs into him as well,” stated Gallagher. He doesn’t actually traverse the piles of stuff.

“The question is, do they believe he’s been provoked in this way? In that case, they [the Celtic supporters] are already across. “And since his supporters are already there in that situation, it would be quite difficult to claim he had done that.

Former SFA referees Des Roache and Steve Conroy supported match referee Kevin Clancy’s decision to not send Celtic’s Kuhn off by citing the IFAB Law, which makes it clear that celebrating with supporters after scoring a goal is not required to result in a yellow card.