Former Celtic star Nir Bitton has confessed he did not wish to depart the home after his pink card towards Rangers.
The midfielder introduced the curtain down on virtually a decade of service at Celtic Park, signing off with a Premiership title victory.
It marks a exceptional turnaround beneath Ange Postecoglou from Neil Lennon's closing marketing campaign in cost which noticed Rangers cruise to the title.
Bitton admits if was throughout that marketing campaign that the low level of his Celtic profession occurred as he was despatched off through the 1-0 defeat in at Ibrox in January.
That noticed their Glasgow rivals cruise 19 factors clear and he revealed that he has to take away himself from social media after receiving abuse.
An emotional Bitton informed Israeli outlet 1Sport : "Rangers and Celtic is one thing I cannot even clarify in phrases.
"It is a hatred I've by no means encountered when it comes to soccer and sports activities.
"In Outdated Agency week, in the event you win you may go bare within the metropolis, in the event you lose you higher keep residence, cowl your self with all of the blankets you may and disconnect from social media.
"Final yr once I received the pink within the Outdated Agency, it was the toughest time of my life.
"I've by no means confronted such an issue in my life. There have been hundreds of posts, I ended counting, I ended logging on to Instagram.
"I might discover myself mendacity in mattress crying. I stated 'How did I get right here? What did I do once I received right here?'
"It was not a straightforward time, when my spouse wished us to buy groceries I might inform her' sorry, I am not leaving the home."