'Who knows anymore?' – Newell feared VAR would disallow goal
[SNS] Hibernian captain Joe Newell says he feared his equaliser against Celtic was going to be ruled out when a VAR check was announced for a potential handball by the midfielder. The goal was allowed to stand due to insufficient evidence being shown to the VAR, Don Robertson, therefore the on-field decision of a goal stood. Newell, whose side went on to lose the game 2-1, says the rules regarding the incident are fairly complex for everyone involved.
"To be completely honest, who knows the rules anymore? I don't know. Being completely honest, I thought my arm was by my side for starters," he said.
"I haven't seen any replay, that's the truth. So I don't know. But just from what I remember, I felt like it was kind of between my hip bone and my arm.
"And I don't know if it hit it or not. But I didn't have that elation because I kind of thought, hmm, who knows now. "And then when it was getting checked and it was an offside check and a handball check, you're kind of thinking, oh, it's not going to go your way.
I've not seen any replays or anything. "So I don't actually know. But yeah, who knows anymore?