Martin O'Neill was full of praise for his Celtic stars after they won the Scottish Cup on Saturday afternoon.
But the manager reserved a special mention for a fringe player in the aftermath of the victory at Hampden.
It was the usual suspects who found the net in their 3-1 win over Dunfermline Athletic at the national stadium with Daizen Maeda, Arne Engels and Kelechi Iheanacho doing the business.
And yet O'Neill took a moment to applaud striker Junior Adamu for providing his own massive moment in the run to the final earlier this season.
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The on-loan Freiburg hitman has only featured six times for the Hoops this season with just the one outing in the Scottish Cup against Dundee.
However the Austrian international played a pivotal role that day with Celtic looking like they were set to exit the competition with the Dees 1-0 up.
Adamu came off the bench and netted an injury time leveller for the club before they would eventually see off Steven Pressley's lads in extra-time. And O'Neill made sure to thank the player for playing his part.
"Can I just make a special mention," O'Neill said. "We played Dundee in the game and we wouldn't be here today had Junior not stepped up and scored. Fantastic, really was.
"And that goes for every single one, everyone has played their part."
