Flipping brilliant celebration was kept under wraps by Dons striker Collins
The eye-catching celebration caught a lot of people by surprise
The front-flipping Aaron Collins celebration will be reserved for special occasions in the future, even if it does panic the MK Dons boss.
The Welsh striker broke out the acrobatics for his goal against Oxford United in the FA Cup third round a couple of weeks ago, his first goal in open play at Stadium MK since his summer move from Bolton Wanderers.
It came after a glut of injuries ravaged the first-half of the season for the 28-year-old, with the strike being only his fourth in a Dons shirt at that time.
One of those injuries though was a broken shoulder, suffered on the opening day of the season, coming after an awkward fall against Oldham Athletic.
Keeping the front-flip locked away until earlier this month, Collins admitted he wanted to get back up to full fitness before giving the home supporters a glimpse of his gymnastics skills, admitting he may bring it out again before the season is over.
“It has been a while with all my injuries so I wanted to save it for my first home goal,” he said. “I got the two at Harrogate, and then with the one against Oxford, I thought ‘yeah, time to bring it out’ so I got the front flip in.
“I’m glad it took a few games after my injury because if I did it straight away I don’t think the physios would have been happy! I’ll bring it out every once in a while.”
For head coach Warne, the celebration was one which caught him on the back-foot, as he joked: “I panicked! I looked around and asked ‘is that Collo?!’ because he’s never mentioned that!
“He has no gymnastic athletic ability. You look at other players who do it and it makes sense, but not him. I can’t see him making the Olympic team.
“Imagine if he hadn’t landed it and he’d cracked his face. A part of me would’ve buzzed off that!”