Benjamin Nygren’s Celtic goal against Hearts was a thing of beauty, but it appears Derek McInnes didn’t enjoy it one single bit.
Nygren scored a wonderful free kick to put Celtic 1-0 ahead in a bruising top-of-the-table clash the Bhoys battled out at Tynecastle.
The Swede’s strike was the moment of the first half as Celtic looked to get off to a flyer in their bid to catch up with Hearts at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.
Celtic starting XI vs Hearts
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But it seems that the goal didn’t impress McInnes, who took umbrage with the Celtic bench as pointed out by BBC pundit Ryan Stevenson and Sky Sports Chris Sutton.
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Derek McInnes ‘sprinted to the Celtic bench’ after Nygren goal
Nygren’s strike was absolutely sensational and it appears that the Swede’s Celtic celebration didn’t go down well with the Hearts boss.
Stevenson said on BBC Sport, “It’s a magnificent free-kick. Regardless of who is in goals, you’re not stopping that.
“Derek McInnes has also sprinted to the Celtic bench there, so something has happened down there.”
The moment was also captured by Sky Sports and Sutton as they lauded Nygren’s strike.
Benjamin Nygren’s Celtic stats vs Hearts
Nygren had a great game for Celtic as the Swede played out the full 90 minutes at Tynecastle.
Football stats site Fotmob rated Nygren as the player of the game, and here are the stats for the Celtic midfielder.
- Minutes played: 90
- Rating: 7.7
- Goals: 1
- Assists: 0
- Total shots: 1
- Accurate passes: 13/17 (76%)
- Chances created: 1
- Shots on target: 1/1 (100%)
- Touches: 36
- Touches in opposition box: 0
- Successful dribbles: 1/3 (33%)
- Passes into final third: 1
Nygren played well in a game that Celtic should have seen out to win the game had Auston Trusty not been sent off late on.
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