Dundee United star Paul Paton has launched an astonishing attack on Celtic as he accused the Parkhead club of having a long history of ‘ manipulating ’ people and situations for their own benefit . The frustrated Tannadice star claimed there have been ‘ continual injustices ’ across the three games between United and Celtic this month that have yielded six red cards - four for Jackie McNamara ’ s team . In the wake of the stormy 1-1 Scottish Cup draw at Tannadice , Celtic manager Ronny Deila and his captain Scott Brown both accused United kid Aidan Connolly of ‘ diving ’ to win his side a penalty . Paul Paton ( right ) believes Celtic 'manipulate people ' and have been doing so for the past few years . Despite Deila calling on the SFA to take action , none was forthcoming but United were subsequently denied a penalty when Brown barged Ryan Dow in the League Cup Final , won 2-0 by Celtic at Hampden last Sunday . And after the 4-0 Scottish Cup replay win at Parkhead on Wednesday , Deila accused Ryan McGowan of endangering the career of Liam Henderson with a wild lunge . But the United camp felt the reaction of Celtic ’ s players may have influenced Calum Murray ’ s decision to send the Australian off . The Dundee United star and Ronny Deila have previous when they clashed at Tannadice in the quarter-final . And ahead of the fourth and final match between United and Celtic at Parkhead in the Premiership on Saturday , Paton appeared to accuse Celtic of heaping pressure on match officials . ‘ Ronny Deila has an opinion on everything but I don ’ t really read too much into what he has to say or who he puts pressure on , ’ said Paton . ‘ But I think Celtic as a club can manipulate people more than Dundee United can . That kind of thing has been happening for years . The tough tackling midfielder goes up for a header with Celtic star Nir Biton in the cup final on Sunday . ‘ We have seen injustices in the last few games we have played and that causes frustration . It feels that we do not get any decisions and that it is continual . ‘ I saw things differently ( to Deila ) . I don ’ t think Ryan McGowan deserved to get sent off as he clearly won the ball . I don ’ t know if I am being biased but it is a hard tackle but he clearly won the ball . ‘ I don ’ t think there was much in it ( but ) they have made a lot of it . It looked like a good tackle to me but that is only my opinion. ’ Ryan McGowan ( right ) was sent off for a tackle on Conor Henderson and angered Celtic 's players . Paton ’ s sense of injustice was also stoked by the failure of referee Murray to hand a second yellow to Efe Ambrose for a foul on Nadir Ciftci at 1-0 . He continued : ‘ I thought he was lucky to stay on the park but we have seen it in the last few meetings that we don ’ t seem to get things like that going for us against Celtic . ‘ How he stayed on the park I will never know . It was a clear yellow card . But when you come to places like ( Parkhead ) you never seem to get these decisions . ‘ I don ’ t know if it is just coincidence but you saw last weekend in the League Cup Final we should have had a clear penalty . Paton believes Efe Ambrose ( centre ) should also have been sent off for a second bookable offence . ‘ Then Efe Ambrose should have got sent off when we were on top in the game and it did not happen . Small things like that change games. ’ Paton also defended himself after Celtic ’ s Anthony Stokes yesterday accused the United midfielder of catching him with a ‘ sly elbow ’ . Stokes was sent off for retaliation but later said on Twitter : ‘ I get a sly elbow in the face by someone that has nothing about them and get sent off , typical ! ’ But Paton pleaded his innocence , saying : ‘ I have ran across him and I don ’ t know if he thinks I have meant to hit him but he has lashed out and caught me on the side of the face . ‘ I stepped across him and I don ’ t know if I have caught him with my leg or my arm . I honestly don ’ t know but it was certainly not intentional . ‘ But there ’ s no edge between the two teams . It ’ s been taken out of context as there were not really any bad challenges in the game . We come back to Parkhead on Saturday in the league with a clean slate . ’
Paul Pato launched scathing attack on Celtic after their cup final defeat . The Dundee United midfielder claims the Glasgow club 'manipulate ' Paton disagreed with a lot of the refereeing decisions on years and believes Efe Ambrose should have received a second yellow card . Click here for all the latest Celtic news .