Alistair Johnston wasn't happy that Joe Hart's miss from the spot meant he had to hit a penalty for Celtic at Hampden, and there was only one man to…
Celtic defender Alistair Johnston was hoping to avoid hitting a penalty in the shootout against Aberdeen on Sunday, but Joe Hart's miss meant he had to step up to the plate.Given that the goalkeeper ended up hitting a penalty before Alistair Johnston, it was probably a fair indication that the Canadian wasn’t all that keen to step up to the spot during Saturday’s dramatic shootout victory for Celtic over Aberdeen.
“He was always down to take the fifth penalty, that was always the plan. They gave us the list straight away. After that it was a case of, ‘Who wants one?’ In the end, it didn’t really matter how Celtic got over the line. That they had twice lost equalisers in the dying moments of both regulation and extra time. Or, that they had spurned that opportunity through Hart to finally kill Aberdeen off in the penalty shootout.
If, by hook or by crook, they end up with two trophies in the cabinet come the end of the season, then no one will dwell too long on what came before.“Survive and advance, as we call it at home. “We’ve played a lot of football this season but we had the will and the gumption to get through. Now we have five games left and a cup final.
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