Frimpong was ‘panicking’ in the dressing room after his cup final dismissal

Jeremie Frimpong admits he sat in the Hampden Park dressing room in a state of panic after being sent off in Celtics enthralling Betfred Cup final win over Rangers.The under-pressure Hoops took the lead against the run of play in the 59th minute when defender Christopher Jullien steered in a Ryan Christie free-kick.Four minutes later the 18-year-old Dutch right-back, playing in his first Old Firm game, was sent packing by referee Willie Collum for holding back Gers forward Alfredo Morelos in the penalty area.Man-of-the-match Fraser Forster saved the Colombia strikers spot-kick and Neil Lennons 10-man side held out for their 10th successive domestic trophy success.Frimpong, signed from Manchester City in September, was a relieved man and afterwards he said: Oh my days. When you get sent off like that, I was insidepanicking. It was the worst feeling ever.Every time Rangers got the ball I was just panicking.The time was going so slow but the team held it through and I am buzzing obviously.Chris went to clear it, it ricocheted off someone and Morelos was through on goal.Obviously my natural instincts was to put him off a little bit because he was through on goal, all he had to do was a tap in.Fraser is unstoppable. I love him. He saved me.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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