Celtic not appealing Balde’s dismissal

MARTIN O’NEILL has confirmed he will not be appealing against Bobo Balde’s red card against Hibernian on Saturday which rules him out of this Sunday’s clash with Rangers.

The central defender was sent off by referee Alan Freeland for lashing out at Scott Brown during Celtic's 2-1 victory for the Hoops at Easter Road.

O'Neill refused to rule out appealing until he had studied television pictures of the incident, but having now done so he has accepted that the player was in the wrong.