{"id":58611,"date":"2025-10-03T04:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T04:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/58611\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T04:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T04:44:06","slug":"brendan-rodgers-left-shocked-by-celtics-disallowed-goal-vs-braga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/58611\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Rodgers left shocked by Celtic&#8217;s disallowed goal vs Braga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brendan Rodgers has revealed what he truly felt about the decision to disallow Kelechi Iheanacho\u2019s goal against Braga.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-player-ratings-vs-braga-as-4-10-has-a-stinker-while-8-10-the-only-positive-on-dire-night\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic were beaten 2-0 at home to Braga<\/a> as they continue to wait for a first win in a European competition this season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/custom\/plugins\/talking-points\/img\/logo.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" class=\"grv-talking-point__icon\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__tag\">TalkingPoints<\/p>\n<p>Poll: Who was your Celtic man of the match vs Braga?<\/p>\n<p>The Hoops thought they had gone level in the second half, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/kelechi-iheanacho\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iheanacho<\/a> broke free of the defence to arrow a shot into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/kelechi-iheanacho-can-join-celtic-elite-club-that-features-simon-donnelly-against-braga\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iheanacho thought he had made Celtic history<\/a> but VAR accused the striker of handling the ball in the replays, despite the footage showing insufficient evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone was left baffled by the call, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/celtic-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brendan Rodgers reacts to Kelechi Iheanacho handball decision<\/p>\n<p>There will be people leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic Park<\/a> scratching their heads as to why the goal was disallowed.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers was asked about the decision after the game and couldn\u2019t understand what warranted it to be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>He told Celtic TV: \u201cFor the life of me, I don\u2019t understand why it wasn\u2019t given because it\u2019s not even close to being handball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still waiting on the explanation for that. It did serve as a catalyst [for Braga to go on and win the game].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>VAR leak explains why Kelechi Iheanacho goal was ruled out<\/p>\n<p>VAR does not have a specific rule itself on handball; however, decisions can only be made if they are clear and obvious.<\/p>\n<p>According to the International Football Association Board (IFAB), a handball can be given when the ball \u201ctouches the ball with their hand\/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, leaked audio released from the VAR room has explained why the goal was ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>TNT Sports revealed: \u201cOfficials are saying there is a clear brush of the left arm somewhere in the footage\u201d before referee Tobias Stieler chalked the goal off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan Rodgers has revealed what he truly felt about the decision to disallow Kelechi Iheanacho\u2019s goal against Braga.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16605,42,19046,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-58611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-headlines","tag-kelechi-iheanacho","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}