Benjamin Nygren would have been breathing a sigh of relief after Celtic’s win over Kilmarnock on Sunday.

That’s because Nygren’s second-half penalty miss didn’t prove to be costly, as Martin O’Neill’s side dragged themselves towards a much-needed 1-0 victory.

Frank McAvennie isn’t happy with Benjamin Nygren for disrespecting Kieran Tierney vs Kilmarnock

Let’s be honest, Nygren isn’t having the best of games, and he is going through a bad patch of late, but you have to question McAvennie’s stance on the player.

Watching the Swedish international on a regular basis, he doesn’t seem the type to always show his discontent towards a teammate on the field of play.

There is nothing wrong, now and again, with players being more demanding towards their teammates out on that pitch; at the end of the day, it’s an emotional sport.

McAvennie proceeded to compare Nygren to Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes, who does throw his arms around week in and week out.

Whether that’s towards the opposition, the officials or his own teammates. For McAvennie to compare Nygren to the under-fire Manchester United man is wide off the mark.

Nonetheless, speaking on his Let Me Be Frank Podcast, McAvennie claimed that there would have been issues with himself and Nygren in the dressing room had he acted that way towards him on the pitch.

“What I saw again against Kilmarnock, I was a wee bit annoyed with Nygren,” said McAvennie. “Listen, he scores goals.

“But he got a pass from Tierney, and it was just behind him. Well, the arms went up, and he was waving them about and all of that.

“I am thinking, ‘Who the f__k do you think you are?’ I would have had him by the throat in the changing room. You don’t do that. That’s disrespect to your teammates. It’s disrespect. It gets the other team up. They go, ‘Oh, they are fighting with each other.’

“Who do you think you are? It’s a bad pass. But Tierney doesn’t make many bad passes. You make a bad pass, and he will probably say ‘sorry’, but this guy is putting his arm up. He is a bit like the Manchester United captain. I couldn’t be bothered with him.”