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Aidan Smith

Kris Boyd takes aim at Celtic after Lazio defeat as he shares cheeky Instagram post

Kris Boyd has taken a pop at Celtic after Brendan Rodgers' side suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Lazio in the Champions League.

Rodgers admitted the last-gasp 2-1 defeat was a “devastating” blow after he felt his side deserved to be in front.

Luis Palma thought he had given the Scottish champions an 81st-minute lead but it was ruled offside by a lengthy VAR check when the officials decided Daizen Maeda had helped on Alistair Johnston’s cross.

There was a bigger blow to follow five minutes into stoppage-time when Pedro robbed Cameron Carter-Vickers before spraying the ball out wide and running into the box to head home the resulting cross.

Kyogo Furuhashi’s early opener had been cancelled out by Matias Vecino following a 29th-minute corner.

It was a sickener for Celtic who had fancied their chances in the build-up and Rangers hero Boyd could not resist piling on the misery.

He took to Instagram to share a picture of Paul Gascoigne during his Lazio days with the Rangers legend holding the badge in a smirking fashion. 

After the game, Rodgers said: “I’m bitterly disappointed. I felt we totally deserved to take something from the game.

“We had a great start and scored a great goal. I’m disappointed with the goal we conceded, I felt we could do better with the corner.

“We were getting through them and it looked like a matter of time before we could score. We got a goal but unfortunately Daizen just got a touch on it and made it offside.

“I felt at that point we deserved to be in front, we had got into some good areas.

“To concede late on was harsh but there’s a learning there. You have to secure the ball late on. The learning is just managing the game at that late stage.

“We knocked on the door second half, if you can’t make the breakthrough just make sure in that late stage of the game that you are secure behind the ball.”

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