SFA insist VAR correctly disallowed Jota goal despite camera failing

The Scottish FA has issued clarification over Jota’s offside goal in Celtic’s 2-1 win over Motherwell at Fir Park.

The strike was ruled out after a VAR review found the Portuguese winger to be offside in the build up - but supporters have complained that the angle shown was not conclusive enough.

Questions have already been raised about the technology since it was introduced to the Scottish Premiership last month.

The governing body have revealed it was the correct decision to rule the goal out and the HawkEye technology accurately adjudged Jota to be offside.

However, they admit one of the cameras placed along the 18-yard line failed to capture the footage.

For this reason, a further away angle had been shown, but the SFA say the right decision was still made.

A statement read: “Referee Operations can confirm that during a VAR review at Motherwell v Celtic, the footage from the relevant 18-yard line camera did not capture an appropriate view of the incident.

“While the broadcast footage was only able to show a wider camera angle for viewers, Hawk-Eye technology is designed to calibrate an accurate offside decision from either of the two 18-yard line camera positions, with the subsequent VAR review determining that the Celtic player had received the ball in an offside position.

“We have provided feedback to the host broadcaster on the incident as part of our regular review of the system operation.”