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Celtic are heading into the business end of the season and after Auston Trusty’s red card against Hibs, the defender is set to miss at least two of them.
Trusty was ordered off in Celtic’s defeat to Hibs at the weekend after the US international was adjudged to have used violent conduct as he tried to release his shirt from Easter Road defenders’ grip.
Celtic boss Martin O’Neill was unhappy at VAR’s intervention as the Northern Irishman said the referee was going to speak to both players instead.
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But now, Trusty is set to miss two huge Celtic fixtures after VAR decided to intervene for the second time this season to send off a Hoops player.
Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty ImagesAuston Trusty will miss Celtic’s away fixtures vs Rangers and Aberdeen
A violent conduct charge and straight red card is punishable by the SFA with a two-game suspension.
That means Trusty will miss Celtic’s Scottish Premiership clash at Rangers as the Hoops look to overtake the Ibrox club in the league.
The American will also sit out Celtic’s rearranged clash with Aberdeen after the game at Pittodrie was called off earlier in February for bad weather.
Trusty’s absence will mean Martin O’Neill has another selection headache in front of him, and it’s one the Celtic boss really does not need at this stage of the season.
Celtic’s title defence
Well, it seems that Celtic’s title defence got a little bit harder after the defeat to Hibs.
However, while it is not impossible to still get it over the line, would Celtic fans really bet on this squad being able to deliver it?
The systematic selling of players has reduced Celtic to once being streets ahead of Rangers, to battle with Hearts for the league title.
And most people were raging about some rubber balls being thrown on the park in Celtic’s defeat to Stuttgart last week.
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