CELTIC ace Leigh Griffiths has apologised after liking a tweet showing Kyle Lafferty in tears on Thursday night.
The former Rangers ace broke down following Northern Ireland’s Euro 2020 play-off defeat to Slovakia.
Leigh Griffiths has apologised for liking a tweet showing Lafferty in tearsCredit: SNS Group
Lafferty paid tribute to his sister who passed away last weekCredit: PA:Press Association
Lafferty featured in the match just a week after losing his sister Sonia – and paid tribute to her before the game with a T-shirt.
And he broke down in tears after the match with Griffiths liking an image on Twitter.
The Scotland ace – who netted in the penalty shoot-out – has since deleted his account but took to Instagram to apologise.
He said: “Not that I should have to, but after what I’m seeing on social media I feel I need to.
“After last night’s win, I want to state that I was not slagging Kyle Lafferty for losing a family member, that is the lowest of the low and not the type of person I am.
“The picture was in a Northern Ireland strip and the fact they didn’t qualify and we did, which has been a huge achievement for the entire nation.
“Everyone gets carried away and people think I liked it because his sister died, absolutely not.
“We won, they didn’t, we’ve been mocked for years about failure, but we did it.
Lafferty broke down after Northern Ireland’s extra-time loss vs SlovakiaCredit: PA:Press Association
“I want to APOLOGISE unreservedly for any MISUNDERSTANDING there has been towards Kyle and his family.
“I don’t deserve what I’ve been sent. but I’ve had enough and something needed to be said on the matter.”
Celtic boss Neil Lennon has previously had a go at Griffiths over his social media activity.
He said: “He needs to stop all the social media nonsense with all these slogans he puts out there. It’s not the real world we all live in.
“The boys here are all top professionals and I have a great staff who are all professional as well.
“They deserve better and he should know better.
“He needs to get his head down and get fit because that’s what we pay him for.
“We’ve done everything we possibly could for him.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
