Celtic’s Kieran Tierney was in the thick of things on Sunday.
Hamilton Academical boss Martin Canning has accused Kieran Tierney of theatrics in the incident which saw Darren Lyon pick up a first-half red card in Sunday’s 2-1 defeat by Celtic.
Referee Andrew Dallas issued Lyon a second yellow card on 42 minutes after the Accies ace pulled back the Celtic defender following a brief altercation.
The score was level at 1-1 at the time after Rakish Bingham cancelled out Callum McGregor’s third-minute opener for Brendan Rodgers’s side.
And the Hamilton manager believes that the Hoops’ left-back was guilty of dramatising the incident.
He told The Scottish Herald: “I didn’t think it was a red card. I thought it was a really soft decision. I actually thought it was a foul for us. Kieran Tierney has jumped in on Darren Lyon.
“There’s obviously a coming together and I think Darren pulls to get himself back into the game and Tierney away from him. I felt Tierney goes down a bit too easily as well, throws himself a bit.”
Leigh Griffiths went on to nod home a second-half winner which was enough to down the 10-man Accies and take Celtic to the brink of a seventh successive Premiership title.
But the emphasis for Rodgers’s side is now on Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final with Rangers at Hampden, where the Bhoys can move within 90 minutes of a historic double treble by beating the Gers.
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