Moussa Dembele has sent Scott Brown a three word message following his FA Cup heroics with Fleetwood Town.
The legendary Celtic skipper has worked wonders in the competition and has now taken the Cod Army to the fifth round. Securing a round four clash with Sheffield Wednesday was already a piece of club history but after an incredible 1-0 replay win over the League One table toppers, he has now set a further record and will now go up against Burnley and Vincent Kompany.
Carlos Mendes Gomes’ header in the second half was the difference in a night and day display from the defeat to Burton Albion at the weekend. Brown branded his team as 'schoolboy' and 'Sunday League' but they landed huge pass marks in the midweek battle under the lights with the Celtic hero labelling his team as 'exceptional' as he hailed them for taking on his instructions.
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Reacting to his big moment on social media, he posted: "So proud of these lads. First time in the 4th round and 5th round in the club’s history. Now focus back on the league @ftfcofficial #codarmy."
His post attracted interest from a number of former team-mates from throughout his career including Hoops fans' favourite Dembele - now at Lyon - who simply wrote: "Well done skip." with a clapping emoji.
A number of others posted congratulation messages in a big moment in the managerial career of the former Scotland international. Mikael Lustig wrote: "Yaaas gaffer." Odsonne Edouard and Greg Taylor left clapping emojis in reply to his post while Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Ross McCrorie and Steven Fletcher left their support. Calum Best and Chris Bungard also commented with praise.
Speaking after the 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday, Brown said: "We seem to like the cup. We were playing an exceptional team and at half time I turned around to see the land of the giants coming on. They brought the big guns on and for us, we were a small team today.
"But what we did do is look after the ball. I am delighted for these lads as I have gave them hell the last couple of days.
"I wasn't happy with the performance in the [Burton Albion] game, there was no composure, we didn't control anything so the last couple of days we have been working hard and watching a lot of videos, getting an understanding of the plan.
"On Saturday nobody listened, today was exceptional, balls in the box we defended with our lives, not the tallest team, but you have to have that aggression and desire. Second half was always going to be a bit deeper.
"I thought the lads were exceptional. I can't thank them enough for taking it in as it was always going to be a hard game, and they stood up to it."
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