Celtic right-back Alistair Johnston has revealed the Hoops’ peculiar set-piece tactic, which led to their sought-after equaliser against Ross County on Sunday afternoon.

1-0 down at the break, the Bhoys needed a response in the second 45. Brendan Rodgers’ men took a while to eventually get their leveller, and it wasn’t the prettiest goal.

Captain Callum McGregor took a shot from just inside the box which looked like it was flying wide of the post.

Luckily, Johnston was there to convert via his hip, even though he didn’t mean to.

The Canadian has only recently started to go up for Celtic’s corners and has been told exactly what to do by the coaching staff when he does.

He lifted the lid on his goal after Sunday’s game.

“Honestly, I was just trying to get out of the way,” admitted Johnston (Sky Sports).

“It’s been funny, though, about a season and a half now I’ve been back for corners, so this is the one.

“They were all joking about it in the coaching staff, they had me in the box, so I was excited for that. Then they were just going to stick me on the goalie for every single corner, so it was a bit of a buzzkill.”

Celtic’s coaches’ positional management of Johnston at set-pieces eventually worked at the weekend.

The 25-year-old didn’t mean to score, and one could perhaps see that when reading the emotions on his face after the ball hit the back of the County net.

It was a pivotal touch from the full-back because McGregor’s initial shot was flying wide. The midfielder even admitted that to Johnston after the goal.

“Cal just whacked one in, and I was just trying to get out of the way,” he said.

“Thankfully, he hit me, it went in, he was telling me after, that he thought it was going wide, but he was just trying to be nice about that.”

Johnston’s goal kickstarted a much-needed Celtic comeback in the Highlands yesterday.

Nicolas Kuhn went on to get the key go-ahead goal to ensure the Bhoys went into the international break on a positive note.