TNT Sports Commentator Explains Why Celtic's goal vs Braga Was Disallowed

Celtic were left livid after a bizarre VAR call saw Kelechi Iheanacho's goal disallowed against Braga.

The Scottish giants were beaten 2-0 by the Portuguese side at Celtic Park, with Ricardo Horta and Gabri Martinez on target in the Europa League clash.

Celtic thought they had equalised at the start of the second half when former Manchester City striker Iheanacho capitalised on a defensive mix-up and slotted home with his left foot.

However, the goal was then checked by VAR and after a long delay with multiple replays of different angles, it was chalked off for handball.

Kelechi Iheanacho looked to have gotten Celtic back into the game... but VAR rules out his strike for handball ❌

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Fans and pundits alike were baffled by the call but on commentary Jamie Lyall of TNT Sports shed some light on the thinking of the officials and why they disallowed the goal.

Lyall, who can hear the conversations between officials, explained: "Officials are saying there is a clear brush of the left arm somewhere in the footage."

Former Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart was on co-commentary and was incensed by the incident as it happened.

He stated: "VAR are checking for handball - trying to ruin everyone's fun, but no, it comes off his head.

"No, what could they possibly be waiting for here? They must be seeing a different replay to me. What are they looking for there? What are we wasting our time for there? What?"

Similarly, ex Celtic striker Chris Sutton branded the decision "scandalous" and "possibly the worst decision of all time".

Another Celtic hero, Stiliyan Petrov, couldn't help but seem the funny side when analysis the decision on commentary for TNT Sports, joking: "I've got an appointment with the optician on Monday. I thought my eyes were good I can't see anything wrong with this situation. I would like to have my clarity of what exactly the VAR has seen. Is there something that I'm not seeing?"

Eliminated from the Champions League at the qualification stage, Celtic suffered a first defeat of their European campaign on Thursday night.

They kicked off with a point against Red Star Belgrade on matchday one, with Iheanacho on target in the 1-1 draw.

Brendan Rodgers' side return to league action on Sunday when they take on Motherwell.