Joey Barton calls Celtic '˜lucky' in cheeky tweet
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The Rangers midfielder sent the tweet shortly after Celtic lost 2-0 in Israel, which was enough to see the Hoops defeat Hapoel Beer-Sheva 5-4 on aggregate.
Brendan Rodgers’ side made it by the skin of their teeth as they survived heavy pressure to hold on to the slender advantage.
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Hide AdBarton responded by writing “Watching that Champions League Qualifier and thinking...” before embedding a six-second video of a scene from Snatch where Vinnie Jones’ character goes to shoot someone, only to run out of bullets, exclaiming “you lucky b******”.
It didn’t take long for the post to be retweeted a couple of thousand times.
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