Philippe Clément finally won his first “Old Firm” against rival Celtic, a victory marred by an incident involving Red Devil Arne Engels.
“Such an incident is not pleasant to live with,” explained Arne Engels at the microphone of Sky Sports. The Belgian returned to the incident that occurred during the derby against Rangers, during which he received a coin in the face, thrown from the stands (read here).
“I go onto a pitch to play Football and to enjoy the game. This type of incident is not acceptable. Violence in the stands is never a good sight, but here it happened too far, it has nothing to do with football it wasn’t just a throw of beer “Nowhere is it acceptable to hit someone with a coin”, continues the Celtic and Celtic midfielder. Red Devils.
I realized later that it wasn’t right
“It wasn’t fun to see, but at the end of the day you have to move forward as a player. It happened in the last ten minutes of the match, so there was still something to play for “At the time, I didn’t have time to dwell on it for too long, but I realized later that it wasn’t right,” explains the Belgian.
Celtic finally lost 3-0 for their first match of 2025 against Philippe Clément’s team. Despite this, the young Belgian is flourishing in Scotland within a competitive team that is still active on several levels.
In the Scottish Football League standings, Celtic still have a comfortable lead over their great rival and are the sole leader with 53 points. Clément’s Rangers are second with 40 points.
