The winger will serve a two-game suspension after his appeal was rejected
Celtic presented their case for an appeal against Yang’s red card at Hearts using three primary grounds.
After the loss, Brendan Rodgers was incensed, especially over two crucial choices he believed were made unfairly against him. Referee Don Robertson initially gave the South Korean winger a yellow card for striking Alex Cochrane in the face as he attempted to go for a bouncing ball, but after 16 minutes, he was sent off.
Club executives supported the manager by filing an appeal, which was expedited for hearing before a tribunal yesterday. The 21-year-old will now face a two-match ban after the bid was unsuccessful, missing the Scottish Cup match against Livingston and the league encounter against St Johnstone.
The Hoops’ efforts to have it overturned are now being covered in depth by The Daily Record. One aspect of the case, it is said, was that Yang was attempting to flip the ball over the head of the approaching Cochrane rather than genuinely making a challenge.
They further maintained that the player did not use “excessive force” and that Robertson had not committed a glaringly evident mistake, hence VAR John Beaton had no right to intervene.
Their cries were ignored, though, as the three-person panel decided that the red card and suspension should remain in place.
With “serious concerns” regarding the match’s usage of VAR, Celtic wrote to the SFA. They anticipate receiving a written explanation of this specific judgement in the near days.
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