{"id":315088,"date":"2025-12-14T05:44:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/315088\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T05:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:44:17","slug":"hearts-benefit-from-major-var-call-to-go-six-clear-of-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/315088\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts benefit from major VAR call to go six clear of Celtic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hearts were 2-0 winners against Falkirk this evening to go six points clear of Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership. The Jambos were handed a huge slice of luck in the first half after Harry Milne appeared to block a goal bound effort with his hand.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was checked but cleared by VAR. However, the Premier Sports Cup Semi Final penalty given against Celtic suggests another inconsistency with decision making.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcaa Harry Milne denies Falkirk from finding an equaliser \u2013 a quick check for a penalty took place but play was waved on \u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8CHzjd279a\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8CHzjd279a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotlandSky\/status\/1999944191984484631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials have not penalised decisions against Rangers in games against Livi and Dundee United for seemingly clear handballs.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic will have two games in hand, that would still take them level with the Tynecastle outfit. However, McInnes\u2019 team will be buoyed by back to back away wins.<\/p>\n<p>Holders Celtic, meanwhile, will be fully focused on tomorrow\u2019s Premier Sports Cup Final against St Mirren at Hampden as Wilfried Nancy looks to get his hands on the first piece of silverware of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f \u201cThat is absolutely top drawer!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 Stephen Kingsley with a rocket to double Hearts lead \u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UoFD1k6XbP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UoFD1k6XbP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotlandSky\/status\/1999957037556412575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Celtic then play one of our two games in hand over Hearts \u2013 away to Dundee United at Tannadice on Wednesday night, with the match being shown live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celticstarbooks.com\/shop\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"Order from Celtic Star Books HERE!\" width=\"219\" height=\"76\" class=\"lazyload lazyload size-full wp-image-175420\"  data-\/><\/a>Order from Celtic Star Books HERE!Our Christmas Stocking Fillers \u2013 Celtic in the Thirties and many other Celtic classics \u00a0HALF PRICE!<a href=\"https:\/\/celticstarbooks.com\/shop\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-5.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-177338 has-webp size-full\" alt=\"Celtic in the Thirties - HALF PRICE\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/900;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/a>Get both volumes of Celtic in the Thirties, signed by the author Matt Corr, for just \u00a324.50 including P&amp;P \u2013 to UK addresses. 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