Celtic fans react on twitter to horror challenge on Tierney
Football Soccer - Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Celtic - UEFA Champions League Playoff Second Leg - Turner Stadium, Beersheba, Israel - 23/08/16.Celtic's Kieran Tierney reacts after the match. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Picture Supplied by Action Images
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.