His manager insisted after Wednesday night’s game that he does it all the time in training, but Kieran Tierney was a characteristically modest in the aftermath of his cracker of a strike on Wednesday night.

Donning the captain’s armband to become what appears to be the youngest ever skipper of Celtic, Tierney marked the occasion with a goal that will be one of the highlights packages of his career.

“It’s definitely the best goal I’ve ever scored,” he smiled. “I just felt like I’d hit it sweet – in fact I didn’t even feel it connecting with my foot at all!

“Although, I hadn’t ever done it before so I didn’t know how it felt to strike a ball like that before. But I was buzzing to get it.”

Tierney leading Celtic out will feel like a sign of things to come in future years, with Brendan Rodgers stating after the game that the player is destined for the role.

The Scotland internationalist, though, is more focused on sticking to the day job at the minute.

“The manager has been great with me from the first day he’s come in,” said Tierney. “To hear him say that is just brilliant for me.

“I just need to keep level-headed and take everything as it comes. I’ll work hard every single day in training, as always.

“It was a real honour for me to captain the team.

“Scott Brown was obviously suspended for the game but I felt the whole team did well.

“I think if you asked every Celtic fan in the world ‘would you like to captain the team?’ then I think they’d all say they would. The obvious answer is that they would.

“But Broony is here for a good few years yet.

“I didn’t ever captain youth teams or anything like that so it’s new to me.

“The first time I really did it was the pre-season game down in Sunderland.

“That meant a lot, it was a huge honour just walking the team out. I then did my speech in the huddle which was unbelievable. Like I say, it’s every fan’s dream.

“It now done it in a competitive game too and hopefully it’s not the last time.

“This is a historic club that’s had some great, great captains.”