Leigh Griffiths has been given a fresh view of one of the most important goals of his career.
Two free-kicks for Scotland against England in 2017 will never be forgotten but for entirely different reasons a free kick of similar quality against Nomme Kalju was just as significant.
In December 2018, without any prompting, Brendan Rodgers announced that his second-choice striker was taking time out of football.
It was an unprecedented move sparking an incredible run of rumours of social media about what might be behind the decision.
Amazing https://t.co/G0Mvwry350
— LG9?? (@Leighgriff09) May 10, 2020
From time to time the rumours would go into over-drive with claims that Griffiths was on the verge of being sacked with his contract cancelled. The striker would pop up on Instagram with a reply but the rumours didn’t go away.
Griffiths played in Celtic’s pre-season matches in Austria and Switzerland but it was against Kalju that the big moment arrived.
Shortly before half-time with Celtic leading 2-0 the hoops were awarded a free-kick at a similar range to his Hampden goals against Joe Hart.
Griffiths stepped forward, the distant video captures the moment perfectly. Since the winter break the former Wolves striker hasn’t looked back with a hat-trick in the final game of the season taking his tally to 10.
