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WATCH: Celtic forward Scott Sinclair gets put in a headlock in Dundee victory

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Celtic's Scott Sinclair was on the wrong end of a headlock from Dundee's Darren O'Dea as Sinclair tried to dribble past him!

Scott Sinclair is used to being brought down by opposition defenders, but not usually with a headlock!

In the 40th minute of Celtic's 2-1 victory over Dundee at Dens Park, Sinclair attempted to skip past the Dark Blues' captain Darren O'Dea.

And with the 30-year-old clearly getting outpaced by the former Swansea, Manchester City and Aston Villa winger, he decided to take drastic action.

The former Ireland international grabbed Sinclair by the head, locked him under his armpit before chucking him to the ground.

Darren O'Dea of Dundee vies with Scott Sinclair of Celtic
Image: Darren O'Dea of Dundee vies with Scott Sinclair of Celtic

Perhaps unsurprisingly, referee Willie Collum yellow carded O'Dea for the challenge, which incensed the defender.

The incident came five minutes before Celtic found their first goal of the match through defender Jozo Simunovic's deflected strike, before Stuart Armstrong headed in the Bhoys' second of the afternoon in the 51st minute.

Dundee surprisingly pulled a goal back in the 76th minute through substitute Faissal El Bakhtaoui, but Celtic were able to hold on to win at Dens Park.

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Hit the video above to see O'Dea's clear headlock on Sinclair.

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