Swansea City loan star Kyrell Wilson on netting Celtic cracker and 'amazing' Falkirk loan spell

Falkirk winger Kyrell Wilson was gutted that his wonder strike against Celtic didn’t help his side mount a comeback - but the Swansea City loan star hailed scoring at Parkhead as a moment he’ll never forget.

And the 21-year-old is now hoping that he can win a spot in the Bairns’ starting eleven for the final four Scottish Premiership fixtures as John McGlynn’s side chase down Hibs in the fifth. Falkirk still sit five points off the Easter Road outfit after last weekend’s results. The Bairns found themselves 2-0 goals down at Celtic Park on Saturday - but they rallied after the introduction of Wilson as a second-half substitute. Falkirk eventually lost out 3-1 but Swans’ top prospect showed his class to make it 2-1 with twenty minutes remaining, firing home a sensational half-volley on the angle after taking down Leon McCann’s long ball forward.

Kyrell Wilson loved scoring Celtic cracker

“It was probably one of the best moments of my life yet alone career, “Wilson admitted after the 3-1 defeat. “It was a disappointing result, but as you can see, I still celebrated the goal even when we were losing. It was quite hard to hide the emotions, it was a great goal. It was not the easiest area to score from but it was not a bad area to shoot from. After the clean touch, you just have to hit it, 100 per cent. My phone has exploded a bit now after the game.”

Reviewing the loss to Martin O’Neill’s side, Wilson reckons that his team-mates got back on track with the performance despite the result not going Falkirk’s way.

He added: “I think we showed a good account of ourselves, especially coming off the back of a tough result in the Scottish Cup semi-final. No heads dropped today and I think we put up a good fight. Just a few little things maybe lost us the game. It was good overall, and people were pleased to see our response and what we have as a team in our changing room, character-wise and ability-wise.

“We can feel confident about now going into the next games to keep pushing. No game is an easy game but we have definitely come against a few strong sides recently so it has been very competitive. We are still focused. No-one is thinking of their holidays yet. We are all still knuckling down and we know what is to play for and we are going to try and play for it.”

The winger has loved his time at Falkirk so far since joining on loan, and he says he is “grateful” for his loan spell in the Scottish Premiership under McGlynn’s tutelage.

“It has been amazing for me,” Wilson said. “It has been my first full season in men's football and the gaffer has given me so many opportunities on some of the biggest stages. I have played in a place like this, which won't be topped by many. I have learned a lot and I am still learning. I am really grateful for this loan period.”