Kris Boyd is not a man to hide his emotions when Celtic are on the pitch.
The former Rangers striker has had his fair share of dodgy takes this season during his punditry duties for Sky Sports.
Boyd had a meltdown after Celts went 14 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership table back in late December and this afternoon they took their lead to 18.
The retired player also lost the plot after Celtic won the Premier Sports Cup and he raged at Celts being awarded a penalty vs Motherwell for a challenge on Yang.
But this afternoon it was a spot-kick at the other end in Celtic’s 4-1 win over Ross County that had Boyd chirping in the studio at Dingwall.
Kris Boyd says Alistair Johnston should have been sent off:
Alistair Johnston found himself on the wrong side of his man inside the Hoops’ box and the Canadian pulled him down to concede the foul and penalty.
It was a moment of madness from the right-back who clearly had a rush of blood to the head on the hour mark.
County’s striker, Jordan White, slotted home his effort beyond Kasper Schmeichel to make it 1-1 after Kyogo had opened the scoring.
But the Japanese doubled his tally before goals from Arne Engels and Luke McCowan sealed the victory and ensured a happy journey home with the points in the bag.
Boyd, as he would, had an opinion on the foul made by AJ and he reckons the international was lucky not to see red for his challenge as he made “no attempt” to play the ball.
Boyd took aim at VAR for trying to find a reason not to give penalty:
“I cannot understand how that is not a red card,” Boyd said – with a straight face, no less.
“There is no attempt to play the ball there.
“He said it himself he got on the wrong side of him, Celtic should be down to 10 men.
“There was no attempt to play the ball.”
While discussing further the tackle with Chris Sutton and host Eilidh Barbour, Boyd then also chimed in as VAR pored over the decision.
He added: “They seemed to go around the houses trying to find something wrong with it!”
It’s not the first time he has called for a Celtic red card this season – but it was Brendan Rodgers who bore the brunt of Boyd’s complaints against Aberdeen.
