Angry Adams questions why time was added on as Celts grab leveller

ROSS COUNTY manager Derek Adams last night raged at the officials who played three minutes of injury time as Celtic escaped with a point in the dying seconds of action at Dingwall.

A Kris Commons tap-in seconds before the final whistle cancelled out Richard Brittain’s 49th-minute free-kick for the SPL new boys.

There was barely time to kick-off again — and the disappointment felt like defeat to County’s players, even though they stretched their unbeaten league run to an astonishing 37 matches.

Adams was baffled as to where that amount of time could possibly have been accumulated during the second half.

He went on to reveal he had been informed by fourth official John McKendrick that the reason for the time added on was that the match ball had not been returned to the field of play quickly enough during the second half.

Celtic made two substitutions, the home side did not make any changes and no player required treatment for an injury during that time.

‘There were three minutes of injury time and I don’t know where they came from,’ said Adams. ‘We didn’t make any substitutions, there were no injuries in the second half — the assistant referee told me it was because the ball didn’t come back quickly enough.

‘We’re not allowed ball rotation in the SPL, so why they would add a minute and a half for that I have no idea. It’s only if the ball goes out of the stadium you’re allowed ball rotation.

‘The ball was lying at the track, so maybe they’ll be able to tell you. I doubt it, though. It’s sore to lose a goal in injury time. We