Two months after watching Celtic beat Dundee 6-0 Carlton Cole celebrated a hand of God moment on his hoops debut.
The former West Ham and Chelsea striker replaced Tom Rogic after Leigh Griffiths put Celtic 2-1 in front before he litterally had a hand in the decisive third goal.
As he prepared to shoot for eight yards out two Inverness Caley Thistle players cythed him to the deck, as he fell to the ground the ball came off his hand bouncing off Daniel Devine into the back of the net.
“Good result in a difficult game,” he tweeted. “Not the dream debut I wanted but I got to start somewhere. thank you for the support you give me #handofgod.”
After a difficult week Ronny Deila was pleased with the contrinution that three young Scottish players made as Celtic stretched their lead at the top of the table to seven points.
“What I am so happy about is when you have a good attitude in training, you work hard, you are loyal, very humble and want to learn, like Callum McGregor and Scott Allan,” he said.
“You see they get pay-back and that is so nice to see as a coach, the same with Kieran Tierney.
“Scott was a big player at Hibs, he knew it was a big step to come to Celtic, he knew he had to be patient and work hard and he has never said ‘I need to play’ to me, he keeps on working and he gets his chance in the end.
“Those three are unbelievable examples of players who have been out and worked their way back into things and show on the pitch that ‘I want to play.”
