O'Riley saw his second half spot kick saved by Jack Butland and admitted he needed to have slightly 'bigger balls.'
Matt O'Riley ensured Glasgow is green and white with Celtic's opening goal but turned the air blue when assessing his "pretty s***" second half penalty in their momentus Old Firm victory.
He stuck to his guns though, and the onfield decision stood. However, the composure O'Riley showed to Panenka his pen down the middle in last month's draw at Ibrox was missing. Jack Butland did well to get down and stop a weak effort from 12 yards. Luckily for O'Riley, it didn't come back to haunt him as the Hoops saw out a 2-1 to go six points clear with two Premiership games to go.
"I had a plan and was waiting for him to move. He stayed put a long time. yeah, I probably just needed to have slightly bigger balls than I did."
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