Net flicks and chill

O'Riley says Ibrox Panenka was to relax his team-mates

- MICHAEL GANNON

THERE are plenty of people getting wrapped up in the drama. Matt O'Riley prefers net flicks and chill.

Celtic's Mr Cool reckons his audacious Panenka at Ibrox last month showed he's keeping his calm during the intense pressure of the Premiership title race.

And the Danish international is hoping his relaxed attitude can rub off on others in the Hoop dressing room.

O'Riley has been one of the stars of the season for Celts and is in the running for the PFA Scotland Player of the Year award.

The 23-year-old is thrilled to be listed but he's more interested in landing a league and Scottish Cup double in the coming weeks.

O'Riley knows the heat is on but he's determined to keep his cool-like he did with that spot-kick against Rangers. At 1-0 up, the playmaker stepped up and dinked his effort down the middle while Celtic fans watching on the box held their collective breath.

O'Riley revealed it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decisionas he always planned the Panenka. He said: "I was pretty set on doing that, to be honest.

I was quite confident Jack Butland was going to dive, and fortunately he did.