Celtic fans react as Erik Sviatchenko remembers the beginning of the treble-treble

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Celtic fans were celebrating something of an anniversary yesterday. It was three years since their 2016 League Cup final win over Aberdeen. Why is that such a special memory? Because since then, Celtic have gone on to win every domestic title available to them since. 

They had not made the final of the Scottish Cup the season previous, after losing on penalties to Rangers in the semi-finals. 

But since that triumphant League Cup win, Celtic have won the treble-treble and completely dominated Scottish football.

One player who featured in that game was happy to celebrate the anniversary on Twitter, even if he is no longer at the club. 

Erik Sviatchenko played the full 90 minutes of that fixture and went on to help win the Scottish League title and Scottish Cup later in the season. 

Unfortunately, he started to fall out of favour with Brendan Rodgers after a knee injury and returned to former club FC Midtjylland on loan in January 2018, making the deal permanent last summer. 

But Celtic fans are clearly still extremely fond of the Danish defender, judging by their responses on Twitter…