Celtic extended their lead atop the Scottish Premiership table on Saturday after an enthralling 4-3 victory away against Hearts.
Ange Postecoglou's side opened the scoring through James Forrest before goals either side of half-time from Lawrence Shankland gave the hosts a shock lead.
The Hoops replied with two goals in four minutes only for Hearts to equalise six minutes later.
A chaotic game was then decided in the 76th minute when Celtic substitute Greg Taylor scored the winner.
To add even more drama to the match, VAR was being used for just the second day in the Scottish Premiership and it was at the heart of the action with a penalty and required retake both picked up.
Despite seeing his side beat Hearts, Postecoglou wasn't left too impressed by VAR's implementation throughout the match and believes it creates unnecessary drama.
"I know VAR is there for the big decisions but you'd think they'd get to them a bit earlier. I thought we had a clear handball, but what do I know? You just let it go," Postecoglou said post-match.
"There's a lot of standing about, a lot of theatre. I'm not a fan of it.
"If that's the kind of drama you want, there's probably a good movie playing at the cinema tomorrow. You can sit down, get your popcorn and watch it. I like to watch football."
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Celtic have now scored four or more goals in their past three games and have won four straight league matches.
While their performance against Hearts wasn't perfect, Postecoglou was happy to see his side show the required fight to get over the line.
“It wasn’t a great start to the second half, and particularly the crowd here, they got a lift with that, but over the course of a season, you’re going to get different challenges," Postecoglou told Celtic TV.
"For us, what’s important is that the football’s one component but the character’s the other component.
"If you want to end up being champions at the end of the year, you’ve got to show that at different times and I thought we did today.
“I thought it was a cracking game. I’m not one that gets too thrilled with clean sheets, depending on how the game’s going. I’d much rather win 4-3 than 1-0 and that’s what we did today.”
The Hoops are now four points clear of second-placed Rangers in the Scottish Premiership after they had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Livingston.
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