Celtic manager Martin O’Neill felt he got a “strange” explanation for why his team did not get a penalty during their 2-1 William Hill Premiership defeat to Hibernian.

The 10-man Hoops lost to an 87th-minute goal from Kai Andrews after Auston Trusty had received a VAR-assisted red card for an off-the-ball incident.

However, Liam Scales felt he should have had a penalty from referee Matthew MacDermid after having his shirt pulled by Jack Iredale at a corner, immediately after Trusty’s 74th-minute red card.

Video assistant Grant Irvine did not deem it worthy of a review despite a lengthy check.

O’Neill said: “The referee’s words were he didn’t hold on to him long enough, but it seems a wee bit strange.

“He’s grabbing someone’s shirt as he’s making a move to get the ball. Some years ago it was a penalty. But VAR, they’ve passed that one on.”

Trusty was sent off after pulling Jamie McGrath’s arm with one hand and striking down on it with the other.

“I’ve just had a word with the referee,” O’Neill said. “He said he was going to have a word with the two players then VAR intervened and said it was violent conduct.

“You can’t do this if that’s the rules now....