Emotional Jota broke down in tears after netting on his Celtic debut.
The winger returned to Parkhead and made his second debut for the club in the 3-1 win over Motherwell at Fir Park.
Daizen Maeda raced onto a through ball and cut across the goal for Jota to apply a simple finish.
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The 25-year-old sprinted towards the jubilant Celtic support before adopting the pose of his trademark celebration with his right arm held aloft.
However, Jota's emotions would then get the better of him as clearly affected by his return to Celtic on top of scoring, he began to cry as he jogged back into position for the restart.
The winger was visibly emotion as he cried happy tears before he then burst into joy at the full-time whistle to celebrate with supporters.
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Jota was first over to enjoy the moment with fans packed into the away end at Fir Park.
He then received plaudits from his team-mates with Brendan Rodgers greeting the winger with a huge smile at full-time.
