Many Celtic fans were left shocked and appalled by a “shocking” incident which ended Jeremie Frimpong’s involvement on Wednesday night, with one supporter claiming to be “in tears” over what happened.
The 19-year-old defender was the victim of what The Scottish Sun‘s Kenny MacDonald called “a crunching challenge” from Kilmarnock’s Alan Power, one which resulted in the Celtic youngster leaving the pitch on a stretcher in the closing minutes of his team’s 3-1 win at Rugby Park.
Despite the tackle ending Frimpong’s night and being largely responsible for six minutes of stoppage time at the end of the second half, Power was not even shown a yellow card by referee Don Robertson. Thankfully from a Hoops perspective, manager Neil Lennon told Sky Sports afterwards that the right-back could return for the weekend’s clash against Ross County, having merely suffered “a bit of bruising” rather than a serious knee injury.
While the update on Frimpong seems encouraging, these Celtic fans on Twitter were shocked and angry immediately after the challenge from Power:
Thats me in tears now
— Smithers🏴🍀 (@Smid44) January 22, 2020
Get power arrested !
— David Macfarlane (@Dave_is_Strange) January 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/TheCelticWiki/status/1220097119580762126
https://twitter.com/PamelaMcDade/status/1220096950248312833
Ridiculous tackle from Power again, but what we’ve come to expect from him. Hardly surprising when the refs don’t even book him for what looks like a really bad tackle. Yes, he may have got the ball but he went right through the player as well. Shocking!
— Peter_M (@PJMCM) January 22, 2020
Get well soon wee man 🙏🏼, absolutely heartbreaking 💔 to see you last night the club will look after you 🍀🍀💚💚 HH
— Clarabellabooo (@Clarabellabooo1) January 23, 2020
What a shocker doesnt matter if took ball he wiped out the player totally out of order in injury time .hope hes done retrospectively
— Tomski (@ayrexcited) January 22, 2020
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