IT is not at all unusual for the fallout to games at Parkhead to, due to widespread unhappiness at a disallowed goal, a penalty decision or a red…
IT is not at all unusual for the fallout to games at Parkhead to, due to widespread unhappiness at a disallowed goal, a penalty decision or a red card offence, to rumble on for days, weeks even.
The increasing friction between the host club’s board and the Green Brigade over the ultra group’s off-field behaviour this term – not least the pro-Palestinian banners they flew on the day that Hamas massacred over 1,000 innocent civilians in attacks on Israel earlier this month – promised to boil over into ugly scenes.
Getting the likes of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Reo Hatate, arguably their two most consistent performers during their treble-winning season, back to full fitness has helped their cause no end. The improvement shown by the likes of Liam Scales, Luis Palma, Matt O’Riley and Kyogo Furuhashi in defence, midfield and attack, too, has been tangible.
Rodgers switched from a 4-3-3 formation to a 3-5-2 formation in the second half after Morata had levelled when he put on Nat Phillips for Palma. The Liverpool loanee slotted in alongside Carter-Vickers and Scales effortlessly and Celtic continued to function cohesively as a unit. Would the man in the dugout have had the nerve and nous to try that years ago? It is doubtful.triumph their fans long for may continue to elude them.
“But it’s the performance that gives you confidence at this level. And that was a really big performance. We just couldn’t quite get the result or the win we wanted.”
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