Scottish FA head of referees Willie Collum has admitted he was “disappointed with the process” that led to St Mirren being disallowed a goal against Hibernian despite saying the decision reached was the correct one.
He told the governing body’s The VAR Review show that officials had a “very near miss” in disallowing Marcus Fraser’s goal during Hibs’ 3-0 Scottish Premiership win.
Collum said there was a failure to initially check whether the cross came from behind or in front of the St Mirren defender.
However, he stated the right decision was ultimately made in retrospect.
Collum did accept St Mirren had been wrongly denied a goal in their 2-2 draw with Hearts.
Midfielder Mark O’Hara was ruled to been offside when he impeded Hearts striker Lawrence Shankland before Miguel Freckleton found the net at a time when a goal would have put the Paisley side 3-1 ahead.
“We have to be careful about disallowing goals for something so minor,” Collum said. “We have been too forensic here, over-analysing something.”