MATT O’Riley scored a potential goal of the season contender to put Celtic 2-1 up against St Johnstone on Sunday afternoon. The Danish international was a big part of the Celtic fightback after the bhoys put in a shocker of a first half performance.
Despite scoring a fantastic goal, Matt’s Sunday night Instagram post was about praising his Celtic teammate Joe Hart.
With Celtic 2-1 up in the final minutes. There was one last chance for the home side. Late St Johnstone sub Stevie May found the ball at the back post, heading it towards goal. St Johnstone fans looked like they were ready to celebrate when Joe Hart came up with a massive save.
22 seconds later, Celtic made it three thanks to an incisive counter attack.
Joe’s save was game defining and made sure Celtic left with all three points. Matt clearly wanted to highlight that on social media.
Celtic maintained their eight point gap at the top of the table thanks to the victory at McDermid Park.
The bhoys now move onto Wednesday night where they face Hibernian at Celtic Park. Brendan Rodgers only managed a draw against them at Easter Road and will be looking to gain a measure of revenge against the Leith side.
