A Scottish FA panel has had its say on four key moments during Hibernian's 1-0 Scottish Premiership defeat by Rangers last weekend including the awarding of a penalty for handball against John Souttar, and a yellow card shown to Nectar Triantis.

The Key Match Incident (KMI) Panel, comprising five individuals from within Scottish football, meets on a weekly basis to scrutinise major incidents in the previous weekend's fixtures, before voting on whether the decision made by the on-field referee and any subsequent interventions from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) were correct. 

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There were four moments in the game that got the KMI treatment - Tom Lawrence's goal, initially flagged for offside; a booking for Nectar Triantis following a challenge on Gers defender Robin Pröpper; John Souttar's handball that led to a penalty award for Hibs following a VAR review, and the potential for a retake of the spot-kick depending on Jack Butland's positioning. 

The on-field decision for Lawrence's goal was offside, with VAR overturning the decision to allow the game to stand. The panel 'noted that the decision was a very tight one and would have been difficult for the Assistant Referee but that the right outcome was reached after a VAR intervention'. 

Referee Nick Walsh initially waved play on after Souttar appeared to handle the ball in the box following a close-range shot from Hibs forward Mykola Kukharevych but after a VAR intervention, awarded the penalty, without sending Souttar off. 

This decision drew comparisons with Motherwell defender Dan Casey's red card after a similar handball offence in the penalty area, but the difference was in whether the chance was an 'obvious goal-scoring opportunity'.  

The panel 'deemed the on-field decision as incorrect and supported the VAR's decision to intervene to award the penalty. They noted that the referee was correct not to show a red card as the defender wasn't Denying an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity (DOGSO), due to the position of the Rangers goalkeeper'. 

Essentially, the panel agreed that Butland would have been in a position to save the attempt on goal had Souttar not handled it in the lead-up.

The panel also unanimously supported the on-field decision not to order a retake of the penalty for Butland's positioning. Goalkeepers must stay on the line and not move from it while the penalty is being taken and although the Rangers goalkeeper did move forward, part of his foot was still on the line when the penalty was taken. 

All five members of the panel agreed that Triantis should not have been sent off for his challenge on Pröpper - but while three of them believed the referee was right to show the Australian midfielder a yellow card, the other two felt no sanction should have been given and the challenge should have been deemed a good tackle.