ferguson received minor facial injuries after engaging in a drunken hotel brawl following a 6–2 defeat to celtic in august 2000. after being sent off in the match, he had made obscene gestures to the crowd and then went drinking in bothwell in his club tracksuit. when the club crashed out of the uefa champions league group stage at the hands of as monaco, largely because of a mistake by captain lorenzo amoruso, the italian was stripped of the captaincy and it instead went to the 22-year-old ferguson. an incident in which two bags of ice were thrown at the celtic dug-out during a 2–0 defeat at ibrox in september 2001 was attributed to ferguson, who was criticised for his petulance and immaturity. celtic manager martin o'neill played down the incident, saying he thought the ice had been thrown by his club's doctor. the young ferguson would go on to successfully guide his team to a league cup and scottish cup later that season under manager alex mcleish, who had replaced advocaat in december 2001. in the latter final, another old firm clash, ferguson tied the score at 2–2 with a free kick.