Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

SONNE RISING

Hoops striker Ed is the hero of the hour at Paradise

- BY MICHAEL GANNON

CELTIC’S three musketeers might have kept the celebratio­ns low key after flying the French flag over Ibrox – but there might have been a fair few folk getting plastered in Paris.

Old Firm heroes Odsonne Edouard, Moussa Dembele and Olivier Ntcham were the toast of the green half of Glasgow after dishing out a dose of Les Blues to Rangers on Sunday.

Dembele purged another derby goal, Ntcham ran the show and Edouard stole the show with his sensationa­l winner as the 10 men took a huge step to making it seven titles in a row.

Hoops fans have been raving about the Parkhead French revolution and it’s not going unnoticed back in their home town after a video of the three of them celebratin­g Sunday’s thrilling 3-2 win in the car went viral.

Edouard said: “After the victory, we all celebrated together in the changing room and then later on that night I had some dinner with my friends, but I didn’t do anything too special.

“I had some friends at the game in the stadium but all my family and friends were back in Paris and watching the match on TV. “I spoke to my parents, as I do after every match, and they were delighted for me and very proud.” Edouard is coming up the rails and the £7m option to buy him out his PSG contract has gone from looking a hefty outlay to a potential bargain.

Edouard said: “I’m delighted about the victory. What was especially important for me is that it was my first derby, so to score the winning goal was very special.

“I’m a striker, time I get a goal I’m really happy. It was a very important game and one of our biggest matches of the season, so I was thrilled to score.”

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