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Celtic: Fans praise John Hartson’s long-range strike against Liverpool
Celtic fans were praising a strike by former player John Hartson in the Hoops’ famous win over Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.
Back during the 2002/2003 season, the Celtic Park outfit defeated the Merseysiders 2-0 in the second-leg of their European tie with the Welshman settling the game in fine fashion. After receiving the ball outside the box, the retired forward side-stepped Dietmar Hamann before unleashing an unstoppable strike into the top-right corner (via EuropeanGoals).
One fan labelled the strike a ‘peach’.
Peach
— Padro Pez (@padro_pez) March 18, 2020
It was just one goal during what proved to be a miserable season for the Glasgow outfit as they went on to finish as runners-up in three separate competitions. Having already finished second in the league to their arch-rivals and lost to them in the Scottish League Cup final, Celtic went on to lose against Porto in the final of Europe’s second-tier competition. Supporters lauded the strike by one of their former players as they took to Twitter to react. Here are some tweets:
Yaass brilliant… Check all the Celtic fans in home end behind goal bouncing up👏magic🍀
— Run the show (@iRuntheshow1) March 18, 2020
@JohnHartson10 you legend! Ones of my favourite goals of all time. Top 3 for sure.
— Jord (@JD_Hepe) March 18, 2020
That rattled the net and 2 mins later we’ve booked a week in Portugal for the final. Knew we were going all the way….brilliant times, briliant memories!!
— Gman 2112 (@Gman1424) March 18, 2020
@DrifeFinlay glory days
— rossloc40 (@rossloc40) March 18, 2020
What a night that was, was that @Carra23 that bought big @JohnHartson10 dummy
— Gary (@GaryD84) March 18, 2020
Celtic fans, is this one of your all-time favourite goals? Join the discussion below!
