Scott Sinclair’s sensational debut for Celtic at Tynecastle

Traditionally Tynecastle has always been a difficult venue for Celtic, and that day would prove no different as we snatched a 2-1 victory in the tightest of games to register a win in the first game under the Irishman.

James Forrest was the man who scored the first league goal in the Brendan Rodgers era before we were pegged back after a rather dubious penalty award to say the least (a disgraceful dive in the pre-VAR era). It was an opportunity the Jambos didn’t pass up as they hauled themselves level thanks to clear and obvious dive that was spotted by everyone except the match officials. In those days we called in an Honest Mistake.

With the game heading for what looked like a stalemate, Brendan turned to the bench and his newly acquired marquee signing Scotty Sinclair who had signed just hours before the trip to Edinburgh.

The former Chelsea, Man City, and Aston Villa man replaced Stuart Armstrong just after the hour mark and with just ten minutes remaining he stabbed the ball home from close range to make himself an instant hero. Some would say he was wonderful, maybe even magical.

Scotty ran behind the goals at Tynecastle to celebrate with the Celtic support and ended up cuddling Lubo98 of this parish who was in the front row that day!