Why the referee for Ross County vs Celtic Kevin Clancy didn’t send off Nicolas Kuhn for celebrating excessively after their winning goal at 88th minute of the match

This afternoon, Celtic’s dramatic late victory over Ross County in the Scottish Premiership made headlines for two distinct reasons.

Brendan Rodgers maintained his undefeated league season debut with a Celtic victory over Ross County in the 87th minute, thanks to Nicolas Kuhn’s goal.

The Celtic manager will be overjoyed that he is currently at the summit of the Scottish Premiership table ahead of the international break, as it appeared that he could have lost valuable away points in Dingwall.

However, the second reason is that a controversy was developing online regarding the Hoops winger’s failure to receive a second yellow card for his goal celebration, which solidified Celtic’s victory over Ross County.

The full text of IFAB’s Law 12 regarding the “Celebration of a goal” is as follows: Match referee Kevin Clancy could have potentially sent off Nicolas Kuhn after he did this after scoring the goal that destroyed Ross County under Don Cowie in Dingwall:

The following is a comprehensive explanation of Law 12 of “Celebration of a goal” in accordance with the IFAB rules. The legislation stipulates:

“Players are permitted to celebrate when a goal is scored; however, the celebration must not be excessive; choreographed celebrations are discouraged and should not result in excessive time consumption.”