Celtic fans invaded the Fir Park pitch after their late winner, which could have sparked ugly scenes
Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell says his players were never in danger of being accosted as Celtic fans streamed onto the Fir Park pitch following their last-gasp winner.Luis Palma looked to have earned all three points for Celtic with an 87th-minute strike, but Blair Spittal levelled in 95 minutes, with Motherwell fans spilling onto the pitch, which was replicated by parts of the away crowd moments later when Matt O'Riley earned all thee points for the champions.
"But by the emotion of the game and Celtic knowing they were in one today, scoring so late to try and win it, I understand the emotion of the football supporter. More sports news from across Lanarkshire "But Celtic supporters were on to cheer their goal and celebrate with their team so there was no situation where our players were accosted or anything."
He said: "It was a complete whirlwind with time added on and all the rest of it, it pales into insignificance when you've been deal that sort of bitter blow that we have again today.
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