On this day, in 2017, Brendan Rodgers’ soon to be invincible treble winning team travelled to Perthshire to face St Johnstone. The Bhoys won the game 5-2, but the fifth goal stole the headlines as fans came away from McDiarmid Park in shock at what they had just witnessed – total football.
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With the game at 4-2, Nir Bitton started a move which would ultimately culminate in one of the finest team goals ever scored by the Hoops. Indeed, 24 passes later, a touch from each Celtic player, a rabona flick from Lustig and backheel from McGregor; all set up Moussa Dembele to side foot home his third strike of the afternoon.
4 years ago today since @MDembele_10 finished off this sublime team goal 👏pic.twitter.com/DwGKrYvo7q
— 🍀 Celtic1967.com 🍀 (@Celtic1967_com) February 5, 2021
What a magnificent goal, and who could forget the press denouncing Lustig as “disrespectful” for showboating!
Mikael Lustig insists audacious ‘rabona’ assist wasn’t disrespectful but admits he’s unlikely to try it regularly.https://t.co/CTe91R88fe pic.twitter.com/oaxrUU9dwS
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) February 11, 2017
