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Celtic legend Chris Sutton has hit back at Graeme Souness' claim that he tried to 'influence' VAR with his 'biased' commentary during Sunday's Old Firm derby.
Sutton, who played for Celtic between 2000 and 2006, was in the commentary box for Sky Sports at Ibrox, and watched his former club take a 2-0 lead in the first half.
However, Rangers bounced back in the early stages of the second half, and Fabio Silva won a penalty after a tackle by Alistair Johnston. The referee originally waved play on, but VAR intervened, despite Sutton accusing Silva of 'cheating' after performing an 'embarrassing' dive.
Former Rangers player and manager Souness was unimpressed with Sutton's comments, and vented his frustration on talkSPORT on Monday.
'I can't believe how biased Chris is when he's talking about Rangers,' said. 'He was saying "it's embarrassing, it's not a penalty". It was easily a penalty.
Graeme Souness claimed Chris Sutton may have been trying to 'influence' VAR with his 'biased' commentary during the Old Firm derby
Sutton has rejected this claim, and insisted Rangers should not have been awarded a penalty in the second half
Rangers got a penalty after a challenge by Alistair Johnston on Fabio Silva, but Sutton was adamant that it was dive, and labelled VAR's intervention 'embarrassing'
'It's not even a discussion to have for me that. And here's a question. Do VAR listen to the commentary for the game? Because I'm thinking "Chris is going that strong here he's trying to influence whoever is listening maybe in the VAR."'
But Sutton has doubled down on his stance that a penalty should not have been awarded, and refuted Souness' suggestion that he was trying to impact the officials' final decision.
'I have a lot of respect for Graeme as a player, manager and pundit. But he is talking utter nonsense to suggest I was trying to somehow influence VAR,' Sutton told the Daily
