Martin O’Neill sees the light side of Celtic’s penalty miss vs Kilmarnock with Kasper Hogh claim

Celtic manager Martin O'Neill joked about his team's penalty issues after Benjamin Nygren missed a second-half spot kick in a 1-0 win over Kilmarnock on Sunday. O'Neill stated post-match that even if striker Kasper Hogh had remained on the pitch, he would not have asked him to take it because the forward might have missed it as well.

Nygren's saved effort marked back-to-back penalty misses for the midfielder following the summer departures of regular takers Arne Engels, Kelechi Iheanacho, and Reo Hatate. Despite O'Neill's lighthearted comments, Hogh holds a career record of converting 13 of his 17 penalties across spells with Bodo/Glimt, Randers, and Hobro IK.