Cologne’s Anthony Ujah has apologised after admitting he was too rough celebrating a goal with the club’s mascot, a goat named Hennes.

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Ujah scored in the 82nd minute on Sunday to put Cologne 4-1 up against Eintracht Frankfurt and immediately ran over to the touchline where the goat was stationed, before he pulled sharply on Hennes’s horns and attempted to mount the animal.

Ujah posted on Instagram with the caption “Apologies to Hennes for my hard celebration” and in a tweet that was later deleted the Nigerian striker said “Yeeeeees. Finally a win for us at home and what a special way it came. Sorry to Hennes i was a bit too hard on him.”

The goat, named after former player and coach Hennes Weisweiler, is a regular feature at Cologne’s home games and is said to be in a good condition, despite the seemingly excessive celebrations. “Hennes is used to such stuff,” said sporting director Jörg Schmadtke. “He may have a bit of a sore neck.”

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Cologne moved up to 11th in the table with the 4-2 victory, whilst Bayern Munich extended lead the Bundesliga by 11 points after they came from behind to beat Hannover 3-1 on Saturday and second-placed Wolfsburg lost 1-0 at Augsburg. Thomas Müller scored twice after Xabi Alonso had curled in a wonderful free-kick in the first half to help Bayern to the victory.