CELTIC’S Scott Brown joined his boss Brendan Rodgers to hit out at the state of the Tynecastle Stadium pitch - but in a more light-hearted way.

The central midfielder made the swipe after his side came from behind to beat Hearts 3-1 on Sunday.

The champions initially struggled to adapt to the surface in Edinburgh but, in the end, flexed their muscles to avenge the 4-0 reverse at the ground earlier in the season that ended their historic unbeaten run.

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Taking to Instagram after the match, 32-year-old Brown wrote: “What a great performance on the longest grassed and a driest pitch I have ever played on. But tops off a great week and we keep on goin.”

Ex-Hibs star Tam McManus chipped in on Twitter: “How long does the grass look? Not watered either. Water shortage in Edinburgh?”

Brown joked: “Had my sprinkler on all last night forgot to turn it off my bad Edinburgh.”

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Brown’s comments were made after the pitch came in for heavy criticism from Rodgers, who suggested the grass was too long to allow either side to keep the ball on the floor, something which he felt was damaging to the Scottish game.

“I thought the win was outstanding,” he said. “But I sit a little bit embarrassed because of the pitch.

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“You talk about standards, and this is a great club, Hearts, really passionate, (but) I felt really sorry for both sets of players.

“You saw it early on, the ball got thrown out and it stuck in the grass it was that long.

“It’s not just to suit us, I’m talking about football in general. I was disappointed from a footballing perspective.

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“It was the first time I said to a team of mine ‘building the game from behind is a huge risk because the ball is getting stuck’, so at half-time I said we had to play a more direct game, and from there we dominated the game.

“From a football perspective and for the spectators, that wasn’t football.”