McInnes banned for 'disgusting' Celtic penalty remark

Rangers manager Derek McInnes has been handed a four-game touchline ban, with one match suspended, after criticising the award of a late Celtic penalty at Motherwell, according to BBC Sport.

The sanction relates to remarks McInnes made while he was in charge of Hearts. He described the decision to give Celtic the spot-kick as “disgusting” after the late incident at Fir Park, where Celtic were awarded a penalty in the closing stages of the match.

The Scottish Football Association’s disciplinary response means McInnes will be restricted from the technical area for four matches, although one of those games has been suspended. BBC Sport reported that the punishment follows his comments about the referee’s call.

McInnes is now at Rangers, but the case stems from his previous role with Hearts. The penalty decision itself had already drawn attention at the time because of its timing and the strong reaction it prompted from the Hearts manager.

The BBC’s report is based on a monitored public feed and sets out the disciplinary outcome without adding further detail on any appeal or additional sanctions. No further information was included in the feed summary about the wider match context or subsequent club response.

Source: BBC Sports - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd694y2pezlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss