A women's Old Firm clash between Rangers and Celtic descended into chaos after it appears the team's manager was headbutted.
Rangers Women's assistant manager Craig McPherson headbutted Celtic manager Fran Alonso in shocking full-time scenes.
The Ibrox side looked to be closing in on all three points at Broadwood on Monday evening thanks to Brogan Hay's first-half strike, reports Football Scotland.
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However, Caitlin Hayes scored a dramatic late equaliser in the ninth minute of stoppage time to secure a point for the Hoops and keep them a point ahead of their Glasgow rivals in the battle for second place in the Scottish Women's Premier League.
While both sets of players and staff shook hands after the full-time whistle, Rangers coach Craig McPherson was spotted by the TV cameras running up towards Celtic boss Alonso before appearing to flick his head at the back of Alonso's.
McPherson could then be seen immediately being pulled away by Hoops players and coaches while Alonso was held back by his own players.
Now Celtic have responded with a spokesperson commenting “Clearly this is a hugely concerning incident, falling well below any acceptable standard.
"We understand the matter is now being investigated and it will be up to all relevant authorities to take any appropriate action.”
Speaking to Sky Sports after the match, Alonso said he had been called a "little rat" in the build-up to the incident.
He explained: "I don't know. You can see there, somebody just pushed me from behind.
"I don't know, I never talked to him the whole game. It's always disappointing to concede a goal in the last minute, I totally get it but I don't know.
"I was called 'a little rat'!"
Rangers boss Malky Thomson hadn't seen the incident at the time but admitted it would be investigated.
He said: "Without me seeing it at all, I don't think I would comment on it.
"If that's the case, then there will be an investigation into it and we'll obviously look at it.
"But listen, I think it was a great spectacle for the fans watching. It had everything, a bit of drama, two goals, it had everything about it.
"I'm a wee bit gutted, it does feel like a loss, but we're Rangers. We'll need to pick ourselves up and move on."
Scotland captain Rachel Corsie was a pundit for the game and she said: "It's a bad incident. We have obviously seen the replay and you can see he looks animated. It suggests maybe there has been something prior to that, but either way we can't have that happening in football at all.
"It's disappointing because it leaves a sour taste on what otherwise has been a great spectacle, a great occasion and a great game."
McPherson first joined Rangers as a youth coach in the boys academy in January 2020 when he decided to make the move from Dumbarton when he was coach.
After just over a year at the club working in the academy he had a short stint with the women’s team in March 2021 before eventually joining Thomson’s staff on a permanent basis in July of that year as assistant manager and he helped them win the SWPL title in the 2021/22 season.
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