‘I talked with my feet...’ Elyounoussi responds to Sutton attack
Celtic attacker Mohamed Elyounoussi has implied his hattrick in the 4-1 win at Motherwell is one in the eye for BT pundit Chris Sutton.
The on-loan Southampton attacker seemed to take particular exception to comments made by the former Celtic striker over being spotted checking his phone after he was withdrawn in the horrendous 4-1 loss to Sparta Prague in the teams’ Europa League encounter in Glasgow on Thursday.
Sutton, pictured, raged that what Elyounoussi did was “scandalous” and demanded to know “is he committed to the clause, is he committed to the club?” in branding his actions “totally unacceptable ”. The 27- year-old believe she provided the response with a triple that takes his tally to 11 goals for the club since August, seven of these in his past six outings.
“I was frustrated and disappointed that someone questioned my professionalism and commitment – so I am happy to help the team win,” said Elyounoussi. “Anyone who knows me realises I am very professional, I give 100 per cent for my team and I am very committed on the pitch. Not only offensively, defensively as well. So, I don’t think someone should question my professionalism on the pitch. What I can do is talk with my feet and that’s what I did.
"That’s the best way to react.” Elyounoussi accepted that Celtic had to respond to the nadir of the Sparta loss in emphatic fashion, and believes thei did so at Fir Park. But he objected to the notion that he produced something out of the ordinary in bringing up his hattrick in the 76th minute with a crashing header.
“I’ ve scored many headers in my career and I think peo - ple should stop underestimating me with the headers,” he said.
“In the end I don’t jump really high but I think I have a good timing and obviously the delivery was really good.”