Fans pay respects

Celtic 1 Sevilla 0: Thankfully Henrik Larsson had seven years of wonderful memories behind him as his finale proved to be a …

Celtic 1 Sevilla 0: Thankfully Henrik Larsson had seven years of wonderful memories behind him as his finale proved to be a bit of anti-climax at Parkhead last night.

His adoring worshippers still packed out the stadium clad in the Swede's merchandise in this £1 million benefit and watched Chris Sutton steal the limelight with the winner in the 60th minute.

It was, however, memorable for returning former goalkeeper Jonathan Gould and John Hartson, who made his first start in four months after back surgery.

Mike McCurry also seemed to be trying to gatecrash the party with some ridiculous refereeing in a game he lost control of. He booked Gerardo Torrado as some crunching tackles went in.

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To illustrate just how fired up Celtic were Stanislav Varga almost lost his temper as he pulled back his clenched fist, after a foul by Magallanes, but quickly realised it was a friendly.