Henrik Larsson’s spectacular goalscoring exploits with Celtic made him one of the crucial standard gamers within the membership’s historical past.
Throughout his seven years in Scotland, he was nearly unstoppable, making 313 appearances in all competitions and discovering the online 242 occasions.
The 2000-01 was arguably Larsson’s greatest, with 53 objectives securing a home treble and the European Golden Shoe forward of Lazio’s Hernan Crespo.
It additionally delivered maybe his most interesting second in an Previous Agency derby, with a brace in a 6-2 thrashing of Rangers that signalled Celtic’s intent to dominate underneath Martin O’Neill.
The primary of Larsson’s two objectives that day noticed him surge by way of the center, beating a defender earlier than expertly chipping the ball over Stefan Klos.
“I scored a whole lot of objectives, however that lob is one individuals bear in mind,” stated the previous Swedish worldwide, chatting with FourFourTwo.
“There’s not a whole lot of love between the followers, however it’s the very best derby on the earth. In the identical metropolis, between two nice golf equipment, all eyes are on when they may meet once more within the calendar.
“The environment, the noise within the stadium… I haven’t skilled that wherever else. It truly is indescribable.”
Larsson’s scored 15 objectives in whole towards Rangers, additional endearing him to Celtic supporters already mesmerised by his technical capability and successful mentality.
He’ll endlessly be related to the membership and is justifiably happy with the legacy he left behind when transferring to Barcelona.
“I had seven fantastic years at Celtic. I made a reputation for myself on this trade, and the participant I used to be,” he explains.
“Every thing I did in Glasgow was implausible. The membership and the followers all the time handled me with nice affection, and I had sensational team-mates.”
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