Former Harambee Stars captain Victor Wanyama has picked the goal he scored for Celtic in the UEFA Champions League against Barcelona in November 2012 during the 2012/2013 campaign as his favorite during his time with the Scottish giants.Wanyama opened the scoring 21 minutes into the game as Celtic went on to win the match 2-1, with Tony Watt doubling the advantage for the hosts with Lionel Messi pulling one back at Celtic Park.During his stay at Celtic, he scored a total of 13 goals, with two of those being in the champions league – one against Barcelona and the other against his former side Helsingborg.##NAJAVA_MECA_7143577##Speaking on the Celtic View Podcast, Wanyama revealed that the goal against the 2012/2013 semifinalists was his best with the club considering Barca’s stellar run then.”I would say the goal against Barcelona was one of my favorite goals. Only Bayern and we managed to beat Barcelona that season and to score against them, with their team that dominated Europe was even greater. The Derby was up there but the Champions League nights were something else,” Wanyama said.💚 #OTD in 2012, a famous night at Celtic Park as Celtic beat Barcelona…⚽️ Victor Wanyama, Tony Watt #UCL | @CelticFC— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 7, 2019 The tough-tackling midfielder went on to recount the goal at Celtic Park, terming it a training ground set-piece goal.He, however, acknowledges that they had to sit deep in the game and only wait to hit Barcelona on the counter given the quality the Spanish giants boosted of then.A look into the stats of that match s given by UEFA backs the claim by Wanyama given the disparity between the two teams.It takes a special player to beat Barcelona and Arsenal just don’t have a Victor Wanyama in their ranks. 🔴 pic.twitter.com/X1YUlas7VM— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) February 23, 2016 “That set-piece was a proper training round set-piece. We worked on it in training and it worked for us during the game. Our tactic for that game was to stay compact, defend together, attack together, and play to cover one another. We knew we would be seeing much of the ball so we had to stay compact, defend, and try to get counterattacks,” he went on.Nevertheless, it was the reaction of the crowd after he headed home the opening goal past Victor Valdes that Wanyama holds dear to date.In his own words, the moment he scored the stadium seemed like it was literally coming down and that necessitated him to be modest with his celebration.Shafiq Kagimu reveals what attracted him to Gor Mahia”Charlie (Mulgrew) crossed the ball perfectly on the back post and I went up above Dani Alves to score the goal. I was trying to run towards where the 67 supporters were but when I looked up I saw as if the fans were coming down and they were going to fall on the pitch so I changed direction. The crowd went crazy and seeing that was just amazing,” he added.Eventually, Celtic were eliminated in the Round of 16 by Juventus after falling 5-0 on aggregate, a historic run for the team all the same.
