This is the hilarious moment that Celtic star Alistair Johnston called a fellow Scottish Premiership player a 'b****' last season.
When playing for Motherwell against the Hoops last season, Blair Spittal - of course now of Hearts - directly came up against the right-back.
Now, speaking on Open Goal alongside Si Ferry, Andy Halliday and Paul Slane, the attacking midfielder has detailed the time when Johnston had some surprising trash talk for him.
Ferry clarified that Johnston is usually the player that Spittal would be up against in an individual battle on the pitch.
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The podcast host went on to say how he felt the Canadian would be a nice guy on the pitch.
This prompted Spittal to reply: "Aye I know. He called me a b**** last year to be fair.
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"I think I was one-on-one with him, or something like that, and the ball had broke between us.
"I think he asked me to take him on. He said 'Go on, take me on you little b****'.
"I think I called him out. I went 'That's a bit uncalled for isn't it'."
The group saw the funny side of the encounter between the players, as Spittal went on to quip that he waited for his full-back to overlap him instead of taking on Johnston.
