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Referee chief Willie Collum has given his personal approval to the decision not to send Celtic’s Auston Trusty off in the Old Firm’s Premier Sports Cup semi final. ‌

Record Sport understands Collum believes ref Nick Walsh and his VAR team made the correct call when they punished the American defender with a yellow card despite seeing him aim a kick at the head of Rangers keeper Jack Butland . ‌

The incident infuriated the Ibrox club who wrote to the SFA to demand an official explanation for the handling of the flashpoint, which came shortly before half time in a dramatic Hampden clash. ‌

And tempers were boiling over again late last week when the independent Key Match Incident panel agreed Trusty should have been sent packing by the match officials.

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