CHERRIES midfielder Ryan Christie has called for clarity from UEFA over VAR after his Scotland team were controversially denied a goal in a 2-0 defeat to Spain.

With a draw enough to send Scotland to the European Championship next summer, Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay’s second-half free-kick looked to have broken the deadlock.

However, the goal was checked by VAR for an initial foul, before it was ruled out for a separate offside offence.

“It’s so frustrating,” Christie shared after the game.

“We’d come what we came here to do, we were at our best as we got into the second half. I felt they were running out of ideas.

“Then we got the Scott McTominay’s goal that turns out not to be a goal. It was tough to take. I didn’t even know there was the possibility of a VAR check. I’m off celebrating, Scott’s off celebrating, everybody’s off celebrating.

“Then the ref’s telling everyone on the pitch that it’s for a push, then when we go to see him afterwards he’s saying it’s offside.

"But if it’s offside then he doesn’t have to go to the monitor, does he?

“So, that’s the main problem here, there’s no clarity.

"If no one in the stadium knows what the decision’s been given for, then it can’t be clear and obvious.

"We keep hearing from everyone that these things have to be clear and obvious.”

Discussing the game as a whole, Christie added: “We knew it was going to be tough, especially the position they are in.

"They had one off the post and a few chances and it felt like a long night. But in the second half I personally felt that we had them here. They were running out of ideas a little bit and that’s the incredibly frustrating thing. 

 “It’s an incredible cross by (Jesus) Navas and a great header by (Alvaro) Morata. It is so frustrating, but we move on and have the game on Tuesday (friendly against France) which will be good.

"And then we have two massive games (Euro 2024 qualifiers against Georgia and Norway) next month as well.”