Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo has lifted the lid on his celebration for Adam Idah's equaliser at Ibrox.
The Finn was filmed in front of the Copland Road stand, making his feelings clear after the Irish striker levelled the match. The clip caused quite a stir on social media.
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Sinisalo, however, almost rejoiced too promptly: “It's funny, obviously, because I've celebrated and the goal's been chalked off,” he said.
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“But, I wouldn't know that because I'm celebrating. So, how football goes, you get a bit from the fans and stuff like that.
“Then, there's the VAR check and the goal gets given. So, you celebrate a little bit more! But, that's just how it is. I never like to celebrate too early, though, in terms of there's a time and a place to go and celebrate.
“That tends to kick you in the backside if you celebrate too early. But, yeah, it's nice moments. There's a bit of passion, obviously. I want to play with a bit of passion. That's just who I am.”
The goalkeeper, standing in for the then-injured Kasper Schmeichel, was targeted by bottles and several missiles from the home support.
Sinisalo later revealed that up to 40 objects were thrown towards him.
He said: “Somebody mentioned that there was a bottle thrown at me, but it wasn't just a bottle by the way, first of all I was hit with something, not in my upper body, it's just somewhere in my lower leg, but it wasn't just a bottle, there was lighters, vapes, coins, mugs, all sorts flying.
“I'm talking 30-40 objects here, that was on the pitch, so it's not just one individual, so to identify the individual is probably hard in itself, I don't know, it's up to them, I can't say what needs to be done and what should be done, it's up to the authorities and the club there.”
