RYAN CHRISTIE has hit back at Rangers defender Connor Goldson, with the Celtic star confirming that Willie Callum was correct to award Celtic a free kick on the edge of the area on Sunday as the Englishman pulled Christie’s shirt.
“He was right in my face, wasn’t he?” Christie noted. Goldson, who picked up a yellow card for the foul, screamed at the Celtic substitute after the foul was awarded and again at the final whistle.
Now Christie has had his say.
“I haven’t watched it again but, from what I can remember, I’m pretty sure he pulled my shirt.
“I don’t know whether or not I would have got on the end of my first touch. But I certainly didn’t think it was a dive.
“It was my first Glasgow Derby game and it was a brilliant experience. I don’t think I took a breath in the first five minutes that I was on the park.
“There’s so much adrenaline in you. You’re desperate to do well for the team and yourself.
“When I came on I just thought I’d run as much as I could, press as much as I could and do my bit for the team.
“It paid off in the end and it was nice to be on the winning side.
“The celebrations after the game and being on the park was really good for me.”
And Christie noted too that there had been much anger and rage among the Rangers camp and their vile supporters about the post match ‘lap of honour’ – Celtic at the end of every game – win lose or draw – will gathered in the centre of the park and then make their way around the ground to applaud the fans still in the ground.
Usually there aren’t that many left to be fair – other than in the standing section. Elsewhere it’s the last of the fans queuing to get into the exits that are still in the ground to applaud the players – win, lose or draw, it happens.
They are upset about this ‘lap of honour’ and also the club playing Beautiful Sunday at the final whistle and also using a Beautiful Sunday headline on the front cover of the new edition of the Celtic View. We wrote about this yesterday – if you missed it, see HERE.
Christie is bemused at this rage and anger, particularly surrounding the so-called ‘lap of honour’ as he knows it is no such thing, and is a regular occurrence after every game at Celtic Park.
“One of the main reasons we do it is to thank the fans,” Christie said.
“They are always amazing for us, so any time we play at home we’ll always do a lap of honour and applaud. It was the Glasgow Derby so everything goes up a notch.
“But once again we thanked them for turning out in the numbers they do. It was good to get my first taste of the Glasgow Derby experience. I really enjoyed it.
“The boys dominated for 90 minutes and we deserved all three points. It’s given us the confidence to come back after the international break and really put the foot on the gas.”
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