On this day in 2002, Henrik Larsson answered the criticism from our friends in the Scottish mainstream media by firing a wonderful left footed strike into the top corner.
Larsson had been mocked for “bottling” out of taking a penalty in the previous match, and was blasted for failing to score in a huge run of 180 minutes – two matches. Nevertheless, the King of Kings put egg on the face of the press with one touch and a left footed strike into the stanchion, after being set up by Paul Lambert.
Alan Thompson then gave Celtic a 2-1 victory over St Johnstone with an extremely fortuitous free kick from long range.