SPL: Iheanacho’s Dramatic Late Penalty Earns Celtic 3-2 Win At Motherwell, Keep Title Hopes Alive

Kelechi Iheanacho scored a VAR-assisted penalty winner nine minutes into stoppage-time to boost Celtic’s Premiership defence thanks to a 3-2 comeback win at Motherwell on Wednesday night, RTE reports.

Iheanacho slotted a spot-kick as former Hearts midfielder Sam Nicholson was penalised for handball after jumping to head the ball away. The ball appeared to hit his raised hand right in front of his head.

Another former Hearts player Liam Gordon had appeared to hand his old club a massive advantage in the title race after netting an 85th-minute equaliser.

Celtic were heading into a title decider needing to beat the Jambos by three goals and they did not look like getting a winner until referee John Beaton was called to the monitor by video assistant Andrew Dallas as five minutes of stoppage-time were coming to a close.

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Beaton pointed to the spot and Iheanacho kept his cool to seal victory and spark a pitch invasion from the visiting fans.

Motherwell had been heading into Europe moments earlier but the penalty drama was compounded by Hibernian’s late winner at Ibrox and they will now need to avoid defeat at Easter Road on Saturday to secure fourth.

Hearts will now have to avoid defeat away to Celtic on Saturday in order to win the title after a 3-0 home win over depleted Falkirk maintained their one-point advantage at the top.