Mikael Lustig has enough derby mad memories to form the basis of a decent book.
There was the incident with the Police Hat, the green and white wig and being the only Celtic player to score the fifth goal at Ibrox, courtesy of a Messi-like run in April 2017.
Some players pass through clubs, kiss the badge, wave to fans then disappear in the night to their next stop off. Not Lustig!
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It is more than three years since he last featured in the fixture, in April 2019 a late goal for James Forrest as good as clinched title number eight with Lustig’s shirt almost ripped off by Andy Halliday in the aftermath.
These days Lustig is enjoying a quieter life back in Sweden with AIK, on Saturday he kept a close eye on one of his former clubs, knowing full well the emotions conjured up by a four goal winning margin on Derby Day.
Lustig was a true Celt
Salut a Mikael, always a Tim!
I remember that goal! It was brilliant. He took the ball for a high-tempo, mazy waltz, right through the sevco’s defence, who looked on in utter amazement, wondering what he was going. And as he dodged a cupla half-hearted tackles and he stuck the ball in the net, in front of the Celtic supporters at the Broomloan Road End and as he ran away to celebrate, I looked at my watch and it said exactly, “Five – Past – Foderingham”. No kidding!