Craig Gordon showed his class as former Celtic teammate James Forrest was presented with a special shirt, commemorating his 500th appearance for the club.
The veteran keeper was named in the nets by Steven Naismith for the Premiership clash.
As James Forrest received the shirt from Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, the Invincible Gordon stood towards the halfway line to applaud his former teammate.
As the presentation concluded, Gordon returned to the goal to prepare for the first half. The stopper made a number of good saves despite being left in a heap after a 50/50 with Kyogo. The Scotland Internationalist spent a fair amount of time in the first 45 minutes taking time before goals kicks.
👏 500 for Forrest! 👏
A special pre-match presentation was made to James Forrest in recognition of his 500 appearances for the Club! 💚#CELHEA | #CelticFC🍀 pic.twitter.com/eKlZTtK9td
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) September 14, 2024
Gordon was unable to prevent two second half strikes from Arne Engels and Luke McCowan as the Deadline Day signings combined to beat Hearts.
It was a nice gesture from Gordon to his former Celtic and Scotland teammate James Forrest, someone that he will have known well from their time together at the club.
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VAR was correct today buy not giving hearts a penalty because the bal hits scales on the shouder not hit hand our arm nasmith once again shows he’s a dirty scumhun he seems toget his players up against celtic but lie down to the liebrox cheats eh hearts are conning there ow fans nae wonder there park is empty with a conman like naismith as a manager he’s rotten and aways lies down to the club he walked away from and wouldn’t play for there 2nd club sevco scotland fc..hahaheheeee
He won’t lie down for long as the jambos will sack him soon see you Naismith but another great win Hail Hail .
I never had much respect for Craig Gordon. During his time with us, before it while with Hearts, Sunderland, then back to Hearts after us. I honestly always felt he was and still is vastly overrated.
But that’s my opinion!🤷🏼♂️