Celtic fans reacted furiously on twitter to the horror challenge by Ryan Bowan on Kieran Tierney.
In the 65th minute of the match the Motherwell man went in with a straight leg as the Celtic defender kept his eye on a long cross-field pass.
Fortunately Bowman didn’t make contact with Tierney’s standing leg with the teenager left with only a gash on the side of his left knee from the challenge.
Kieran Tierney is very lucky his leg didn’t break from that tackle. Easy a red card
— Marty Strong (@MartyStrong88) February 18, 2017
@celticfc @kierantierney1 gets worse every time you see it!!
— Jimmy (@Jamie_0689) February 18, 2017
Scottish ref inconsistencies yet again. Should have been a red for that tackle on @kierantierney1 #shocker
— Dan (@danconnor1985) February 18, 2017
Shocking challenge on @kierantierney1 should’ve been a straight red!
— jigzbhoy (@jigzbhoy88) February 18, 2017
Absolutely disgusting challenge on Kieran Tierney; this cannot go on! Brendan HAS to raise this, it’s now a weekly occurrence! @celticfc ????
— Daniel ??? (@daniel_kieran) February 18, 2017
@kierantierney1 Tried to hack the boy down and still got up and ran the show, some performance
— Larry Bhoy (@SilkyRogic) February 18, 2017
That tackle on @kierantierney1 was right in front of me, 100% red – ref bottled it and should be embarrassed when he sees it again. #celmot
— Marty Thompson (@Marty240679) February 18, 2017
@celticfc @DBestseventy2 @kierantierney1 If refs won’t look after our skill players, Celtic need to issue some controlled retribution.
— TheTributeAct (@TheTributeAct) February 18, 2017
Celtic did win the match 2-0 to restore their 27 point advantage over Aberdeen at the top of the SPFL.
Shortly before half time Moussa Dembele opened the scoring from the penalty spot with James Forrest adding a second just before the interval.
As a bonus for Brendan Rodgers, Stuart Armstrong made his return from injury, replacing Liam Henderson at half time.
Aberdeen can cut the lead back to 24 points with a win at Kilmarnock tomorrow with the hoops next in action against Hamilton Accies next Saturday.
