Some Celtic fans can’t seem to get over Olivier Ntcham’s backflip celebration in the club’s 2-1 win over Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico.
The Hoops had beaten the Biancocelesti in the two clubs’ first game in Scotland two weeks ago. The clash in Rome saw Ciro Immobile score first and hand Simone Inzaghi’s men the lead in the first half.
James Forrest drew Neil Lennon’s men level and a stoppage-time Valon Berisha error saw Ntcham steal all three points against the Italian giants.
About a week on, some fans still can’t get over the French midfielder’s celebration at the Stadio Olimpico last Thursday.
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— Celtic TV (@CelticTV) November 11, 2019
Someone want to tell Ntcham to be careful. Damn near broke his neck
— MikeyD (@mikeybhoy01) November 11, 2019
Fantastic!! Captures everything including the Ntcham celebration. Love it and its only Part I you say…….
— Gary (@CMC8310) November 11, 2019
Please show the crowd celebrating, I landed about 6 rows down from were I was standing!
— Niall Lynch (@nlynch18) November 11, 2019
Well this is pretty much the greatest tweet ever
— Johnny Wishbone (@CreedBr67501914) November 11, 2019
Ntcham, 23, has played as many as 19 times in all competitions for the Hoops so far this season. He has found the back of the net four times in total, racking up a tally of three assists on the way too.
He joined the club from Premier League giants Manchester City in the summer of 2017 for a fee of £4.5million. Since joining, the Frenchman has played 104 times in all competitions for the club and has scored 19 times too.
Ntcham is a product of the City youth academy and he had also spent two years of a temporary loan spell at Genoa in Serie A.
Some more Celtic fans still can’t forget that moment and are hailing the beauty of it.
Stunning
— Matt Corr (@Boola_vogue) November 11, 2019
Absolutely amazing HH
— stephen crosbie (@stephencrosbie9) November 11, 2019
Beautiful
— Rogic Lifetime Contract CSC (@sellik88) November 11, 2019
BEAUTIFUL
— John Mc Partland (@PartlandJohn) November 11, 2019
Pure filth
— Robert (@BoabyG78) November 11, 2019
Celtic are currently at the top of their Europa League group, ahead of both Lazio and CFR Cluj. They are seven points clear of the Italian giants, who have just three points. Cluj though, have nine points and are only one point behind Lennon’s side.
What do we think?
It is fair to say that this was one of the best moments for Celtic in European competition. It comes very close to beating Barcelona 2-1 in the UEFA Champions League in the 2012-13 season of the competition. What made it even more special was that the win came in stoppage time and that it all-but-sealed qualification into the knockout stages of the competition.