Fran Alonso defended over Celtic celebrations as captain Kelly Clark swerves Craig McPherson's punishment

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Celtic captain Kelly Clark has insisted it will be up to the football authorities how Rangers assistant Craig McPherson is dealt with but she has maintained that Fran Alonso did little wrong as he celebrated a 99th minute equaliser on Monday night at Broadwood.The teams tied at 1-1 after Caitlin Hayes cancelled out Brogan Hay’s goal with what was the last kick of the ball.

As the teams converged at the whistle and both benches shook hands, McPherson was clearly caught on camera approaching Alonso from behind and aiming a butt into the back of his head.

The Spaniard also suggested he had been verbally abused by McPherson whom he said called him “a little rat”. There were angry scenes as the Rangers assistant manager had to be pulled away.Police Scotland have confirmed that they are investigating the incident - which Alonso played down after the game as he insisted he was not looking for punitive action - with Kelly content for the powers that be now to take over.“I don’t like getting involved,” said the defender. “But there are obviously frustrations on both sides.

They will be raging at losing a goal the way that they did and when they did and if it was the other way down we would have been annoyed to have finished the game like that too.“It is not what you want to see at the end of a game but you have to be honest and say that things do happen at times in football when emotions are high.