Celtic’s Moussa Dembele scored a cheeky chip against Rangers on Sunday.
Craig Gordon has told Celtic’s official website that although Moussa Dembele showed a great deal of bottle with his Panenka against Rangers on Sunday, he doesn’t want the Frenchman to make a habit of such audacious efforts.
Celtic beat their Old Firm rivals 4-0 in the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden Park this past weekend.
The French striker made it 3-0 just after the hour mark by dinking the ball home from the penalty spot after Ross McCrorie was red carded for a foul in the Hoops’ box.
Nerves prevented Gordon from watching the penalty, but the veteran goalkeeper is hopeful that his Celtic team-mate doesn’t do it on a regular basis.
He told the club’s official website: “I didn’t realise Moussa hit a Panenka penalty. I never saw it because I don’t look.
“He doesn’t do to many of them in training actually. It’s a great piece of skill and it takes a bit of bottle because it can easily go wrong.
“At that stage in the game we were already dominant so if you’re going to try it, that’s the time to do it. Hopefully he doesn’t do too many of those.”
It might be one of Dembele’s last goals for Celtic. Brendan Rodgers’s side only have a handful of matches left and the Northern Irish manager will do well to keep the former Fulham man – a £500,000 signing in 2016 – at Parkhead beyond this summer, but suffice to say that the Bhoys stand to make a massive profit on the 21-year-old nevertheless.
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