Breaking news from the SFA has brought contrasting fortunes to Celtic. Albian Ajeti has been charged with simulation following an investigation into the penalty incident against Kilmarnock on Tuesday night, meanwhile Scott Brown will face no further action for an alleged incident involving Aaron Tshibola during the same match.
Celtic won’t be the only disappointed party upon hearing the news though, as no doubt the BBC will be reeling at the fact Broony wasn’t deemed to be guilty of an alleged elbow.
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🚨 BREAKING: Albian Ajeti has been charged by the Scottish FA for simulation in Tuesday night’s match against Kilmarnock.
Scott Brown will face no retrospective action following an incident with Aaron Tshibola. pic.twitter.com/epy2Pj8VE1
— Clyde 1 Superscoreboard (@ClydeSSB) February 4, 2021
Ajeti’s supposed dive can be seen in the footage below. It seems that there was contact, albeit very gentle. However, given that Edouard was not awarded a blatant penalty after being tripped in the first half, few can blame Ajeti for hitting the deck after feeling a touch from the keeper, no matter how slight.
⚽️ Brown
⚽️⚽️ Edouard
⚽️ AjetiAll the goals as the Bhoys were convincing winners at Rugby Park 🍀 pic.twitter.com/sJCxDpyarr
— Celtic TV (@CelticTV) February 3, 2021
The punishment set is a two match ban and Celtic have not responded to the charge as yet. It is now up to the club to decide whether they accept the ban or argue the case against it on 8 February. We will update on that as the story develops. However, it appears that the Hoops may soon be without the striker, which is a blow for Ajeti so soon after he scored his first goal since September and had hoped to kick on.
Goalie touch him he goes down linesman flags ref penalty. SFA just trying to appease sevco supporters