What a game of football! It takes two teams to entertain as thoroughly, so credit to the losers. RB Leipzig worked their way into the game, took an early lead and threatened to put the match out of sight through corner kicks alone. But so much more credit to the winners.
Celtic were magnificent. We have seen one or two more impressive results this century, but the general consensus walking out of Celtic Park last night, was that perhaps only the 2-0 win over Lyon in 2003 was as impressive a performance. Perhaps.
Celtic opened well and found angles to move the ball around the Leipzig defence from the off. The visitors tried to pass through the high Celtic block but our setup was different than it was in Dortmund on matchday two.
Lopsided
Out of possession, Daizen Maeda drifted infield, often leaving Leipzig’s €18m summer signing, Geertruida in 20 yards of space. It looked dangerous, but as the game progressed it was clear that Leipzig prefer to build down their left. Daizen playing infield stifled their ability to progress the ball and he was able to make up the ground whenever Leipzig switched play.
This enabled Celtic to press 25 yards from the Leipzig goal without the vulnerabilities we saw earlier in the campaign.
Leipzig opened the scoring after a short period of possession, gained when Auston Trusty misplaced a pass. The 10 minutes which followed their opener was littered by similar mistakes throughout the midfield and defence. Celtic were rattled and at this stage, could have seen the game slip from them.
Arne Engels played a ‘round the corner’ pass to Nicolas Kuhn, who drifted past two defenders and set for a shot from outside the box. Too far out, surely?
Yesterday, a friend noted that goals change games and if two years ago against Real Madrid, Callum McGregor’s strike against the post had gone in, we may have earned a result.
Kuhn’s swerving shot struck that same post on 35 minutes, but this time, the ball fell into the net. Celtic were level and Leipzig had a game on their hands.
Reo Hatate was magnificent throughout but on two occasions he played forward passes which deserved a scoring outcome. With the game level he threaded a ball right through the middle of the Leipzig formation for Daizen Maeda to run onto. Daizen shot first time from 25 yards before the keeper was set, but failed to find the target. Later in the game, Reo’s raking 60 yard pass with the outside of his foot, swerved around the Leipzig defence before finding Kyogo. Goodness, what a pass.
In an echo of football in a former era, Kyogo dribbled past two defenders to make space for a shot inside the box, but a third managed to get a block to turn it behind. As halftime approached, Celtic continued to press and a great passing move saw Alistair Johnston free in the box; his left foot shot was saved.
The Celtic press was in full fight now. With seconds remaining before the break, five Celtic players cornered Leipzig on the right side of their box. Kyogo was knocked to the ground but the pivotal moment of the game had arrived. Reo Hatate hit the byline, looked up and saw Greg Taylor point to space along the line.
Taylor collected and smashed a low cross into the six-yard box, where Daizen Maeda replicated his fresh air shot, so successful in a recent League Cup Final. The ever-alert Kuhn beat everyone to the loose ball to put Celtic ahead.
Celtic could have extended their lead several times before Reo Hatate got the goal his play deserved on 72 minutes. Kuhn rolled a no-look pass into space for Johnston to fire another low cross into the box. All Gulacsi in the Leipzig goal could do was halt its progress for Reo to pounce and fire high into the net.
Brendan Rodgers managed the final quarter of the game through assiduous use of substitutions. Valle and Bernardo for Taylor and Engels, then Scales and Yang for Carter-Vickers and Kuhn, finally Idah for Kyogo. Every change reenergised Celtic. There was no weakness, no dropping off. It was the perfect performance.
The evidence is substantial, this is the best Celtic team since at least 2012.
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Atalanta are 1 up
On Robert Kelly’s doorstep
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9T8_Qma49xI&feature=shared
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Told you no pyros last night :-))
Great tifo
‘I read of our heroes,I wanted to same.
Hope you enjoyed the game
HH
Burnley,
I don’t think any team will be taking their foot of the gas in the CL,no matter were they stand.Every position means something to the last 24.Who you will face in the future game,prize money etc.Too early to be looking at the placings.Villa,eg,have very difficult games coming up,we could very well be ahead of them shortly.
One game at a time.
The late, great Joe Bageant [Deer Hunting With Jesus] will be spinning in his grave over the narcissist’s victory.
Too bad the Dems didn’t learn from some of the everyday wisdom that Joe spun:
‘The four cornerstones of the American political psyche are 1) emotion substituted for thought, 2) fear, 3) ignorance and 4) propaganda ‘
‘Never experiencing the life of the mind scars entire families for generations.’
From Jobo
*SENTINEL CELTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024-25*
*RESULTS FROM GAME #17 CELTIC 3 RB LEIPZIG 1 (KUHN(2), HATATE)*
Good evening, friends.
I have to again start with an apology that you might remember also happened following the Atalanta game. When I wade through the emails, whenever I see that someone has picked the same 3 as me, I then try to send a personal response, commenting on my reasons and thanking them for being just as clever as me! But after this particular game there were simply far too many (Atalanta had 38 folk voting the same as me, but this time it’s a whopping 65!!)) so I’m afraid there were no individual, personal replies this time around. Apologies again. Anyway, on to the game itself…
The usual pre match build up aided by firework displays and a louder than ever Champions league anthem even had us old fogies in the Main Stand roaring our support. And having unexpectedly bumped into my former parish priest (now Bishop of Galloway) just before kick off, I took that as a sign from above of what was to come. A frantic opening minute saw half decent chances at both ends, and then the game settled down. Celtic were very controlled and confident and had the better of the opening exchanges and 20 minutes in were certainly the team looking most likely. But one stray pass from Trusty allowed the Leipzig forward to strike for goal where Kaspar made his only (small) error of the night, turning the shot round for a corner when it was going wide in any case. The corner was cleared (for another corner) but the 2nd one saw some slack defending and we were 1 down against the run of play.
The goal spooked us for around 10 minutes and several players including Johnston, Engels, McGregor and Maeda all took turns to chip in with unforced errors. 3 more corners from Leipzig, all from the same side, were all dangerous but not fatal.
Needing some sort of spark to reignite the atmosphere, the game changed in the 34th minute. A lovely wee ‘flick round the corner’ from Engels found Kuhn out on the right. He came inside with the ball and from his wand of a left foot dispatched a beautiful curling shot in off the far side post to bring Celtic level. Cue bedlam!
A couple of minutes later Kuhn tracked back, won the ball and with the outside of his left foot put through Maeda on goal, only to see our recent hat trick hero blast the ball over the bar. A further chance was created in 43 minutes, Kyogo evading 2 Leipzig defenders to get into the penalty area only to see his effort blocked and out for a corner.
The stoppage time board added just the 1 minute but that was all that was required for us to take a lead into the half time break. Great pressing down in Leipzig’s right hand corner eventually saw Hatate play in Taylor on the goal line. Taylor’s cut back saw a brilliant disguised dummy from Maeda (honestly, I really thought he was trying to hit it!) and there was Kuhn to blast the ball home from 6 yards out.
How I would have loved to be a fly on the dressing room wall at half time to hear Brendan’s plans for the 2nd half. Would we stick or twist? Would we change our approach? Could we begin to dream of 3 points?
Well, if anything I’d say our tempo actually increased in that second half. Unforced errors just about disappeared, and our energy levels were incredible. Leipzig came with a reputation, sitting 2nd in the Bundesliga and yet we forced them into repeated diagonals into our box which we coped with all night, helped by a couple of really good low down saves from Kaspar, one on each side.
In the 72nd minute, Calum picked up a loose ball inside our own half, turned and actually meandered towards our own goal, rather than just hitting it into space. Eventually he played a reverse pass that started a sweeping move down the right hand side. When the ball came into the box the keeper failed to hold the shot and Hatate was on hand to steer the ball into the net. The points were sealed!
Well, when I say the points were sealed, I do so with the benefit of hindsight. In reality a lot of football had still to be played and when the board went up showing 5 additional minutes, only then did I feel confident that we would get at least a draw. Memories of Lazio last year were still in my mind. But we controlled the remaining minutes perfectly and even had the ball in the net for the 4th time only for Maeda to be correctly flagged offside.
A non stop, frantic game without the need to involve the VAR even once. Hallelujah!
I left the ground feeling like I had just watched Celtic’s best European performance of this century! Beating Barcelona 2-1 was a fantastic result but, from memory, was much more of a backs to the wall affair. Last night we went toe to toe with a top team, out foxed them tactically and out performed them in both skill and effort. I’ve already watched a rerun of the whole game and may well do again!
We have now played 17 games this season, winning 14, drawing 2 and losing 1. We have scored 52 and conceded 15 (domestically it’s 43-6 and in Europe it’s 9-9).
A fine turnout from my supporting voters and a big thank you to the 90 who joined in this time around (equalling the season’s best of 90 for the Aberdeen league cup semi final). And, again it’s a pretty unanimous top 3 this time around. The total votes cast for each player are as follows, with my own nominations asterisked.
Schmeichel: 7
Johnston: 3
Carter-Vickers: 0
Trusty: 13
Taylor: 0
McGregor*: 80
Hatate*: 79
Engels: 2
Kuhn*: 85
Kyogo: 0
Maeda: 1
Valle: 0
Bernardo: 0
Yang: 0
Scales: 0
Idah: 0
And so, the players receiving POINTS for the game against RB Leipzig are –
Kuhn – 5 points
McGregor – 4 points
Hatate – 3 points
Trusty – 2 points
Schmeichel – 1 point
And the overall positions after 16 games played are –
32 points – Kuhn
27 points – Hatate
26 points – Scales
24 points – McGregor and Maeda
20 points – Bernardo
18 points – Engels
17 points – Johnston A
13 points – Valle
9 points – McCowan, Schmeichel and Trusty
8 points – Kyogo
7 points – O’Riley
5 points – Taylor
4 points – Carter-Vickers
3 points – Forrest and Idah
1 point – Yang
0 points – Holm, Johnston M., Nawrocki, Palma, Ralston, Turley, Welsh
Our final game before this year’s final international break is on Sunday afternoon when we travel to Kilmarnock for a 3.00pm kick off on the plastic pitch.
Hail Hail!
The shareholders at the AGM later this month need to ask the board what they intend to do I side or outside Celtic Park ,as a supporter on here raised the issue about the steel that’s part of the main stand ,surely they can build along and above the old press box ,old photos back in the 70s of the main it looked a lot better than the present one ,
I enjoyed the game immensely, thank you.
I couldn’t really believe what I was seeing and was wary of “doing the huddle in the Champions League”.
It was only when I realised Leipzig had chucked it on 85 minutes did I start to relax and appreciate the magnitude of what we had achieved.
BloggerGM
Yup it was a great privilege being there,I gave up on going earlier in the day,but the day went on and a pie in the Kerrydale beckoned.
I get you with the ‘doin the huddle’way to early I agree,a little touch of hubris in there too.
We were strong,and comfortable on the ball.
Loved every second of it and lookin forward to welcoming Brugge.
Firstly killie at cementodome on Sunday
HH
Okay we wont be first up on MOTD but the fact is the audience will see us winning, again, at home in the CL.
That’s worth its’ weight in gold. And you can take that to the bank.
I think the scores went well for Celtic today, we slipped two places to 15.
I am enjoying watching the “Golazo Show”, where they go round all the games and show goals, big events.
I then refresh the league table for impacts, I thought the points were well spread today, bearing in mind that not every score will go our way. There are six teams that will never catch us now, so only six others to out score.
BSSR
I used to see Dominic Behan regularily in Heraghtys which I believe is one of your Haunts
Is Gerry Ferns a multi?
If we can repeat last night’s performance we shouldn’t fear Brugge or anyone else in the competition .
Of course Brugge will be highly motivated and will come looking for 3 points but then so did Leipzig .
Whatever the result , we will not be outworked ,outpaced or outfought that’s for sure .
Meanwhile the darling of the Democrats, and what passes for the left in this country, led a campaign which started with nobody knowing who she was and ended with nobody knowing what she stood for.
And not only that her campaign managers forgot the first rule in an election
Namely that there is a difference between what offends voters and what affects voters.
Didn’t she ever watch West Wing?
Glendalystonsils
I do think Brugge will work hard and run hard. They are physical and do make up for skill defects with physicality and commitment.
It is what has got them to a pot 2 rating and saw them to a result tonight. That and a slice of luck and a Villa team short of regulars.
It won’t be an easy game for us though. That is for sure. After last night anything does seem possible though.
Tin hat perhaps …
… but the “left” needs to take a good look at itself instead of simply resorting to sneers about the intelligence of those who voted for the winner.
Some voters being dumb or easily conned isn’t new and isn’t news.
Too often the left has abandoned the traditional working classes to indulge in liberal intellectualism … or is it intellectual liberalism?
You reap what you sow.
Trump, Le Pen, Meloni, Farage, assorted chainsaw toting South American loons?
No coincidence.
Humility and brains required to redress.
Look at the teams below us.Top sides on 6 points.Beat Brugges,they are still below us.It is not beyond us,to have 16 points on the Board going into the Villa game,going for a place in the top 8.Beat Brugges,it all opens up for us.
BACKTOBASICS…
‘Too often the left has abandoned the traditional working classes to indulge in liberal intellectualism … or is it intellectual liberalism?’
Joe Bageant said something along the same lines, as in…. the Democrats want to represent a constituency that they don’t like getting up close and personal with, while the US Republicans don’t mind rubbing shoulders with the great unwashed, seeing it as necessary in order to know how to screw them over all the better.
While I understand the US vote system is pretty unrepresentative, it’s baffling to watch huge swathes vote for such an overtly blemished and detached charlatan.
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 6TH NOVEMBER 2024 10:46 PM
Best post of the day on the election outcome – I thought Bill Maher’s monologues leading up to the election criticized the left’s self indulgence extremely well – look them up if you have access.
A combination of lack of reaction from the left and right wing echo chambers distorting reality left us with Trump. I think he is an odious individual but I wish him success; I doubt his definition of success will align with my own or that he has the humility to deliver it.
At least we have good football to enjoy these days…
Inevitably, Pie nails it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0eq7VNCcYY
AFFOOT CSC
BURNLEY78 on 6TH NOVEMBER 2024 10:38 PM
I only caught glimpses of the Brugge/Villa game tonight but from what I saw , we will be much more of a handful for them than Villa were . Especially with the home crowd behind us .
Bigbhoy.10.19
Heraghtys,great shoap,spent 95 cup final night in there,well pashed before ending up in the ol Clada Club in westmorelamd st.Great night.knew a few publicans down there in Kelly’s,JimBrogan in Vicki bar,not been down that way in a while.
GerryFerns is Ordinaryjoe is 418 is 419 is parkthebus is a racist who loathes brown and black people and feels invaded by them.
Darwin is Cloud9 is JHB is Andrena is a swashbuckling sycophant who does not mind when rescue services(RNLI) are impeded and harassed by fellow racist brexiteers
Both are George Galloway chatels/chokers
Darwin as ‘Tommy from Glasgow’ was a sycophant of the highest order,assiduously salivating over his hero.both unionists both like talking of their dislike of orange order(who disnae) but this multimoniker thinks there is no institutional bias in Scotland,likes his hate,tho it’s not defined,just not a happy chap.cant be himself
Confidence maybe
HH
It is not as simplistic as a response to sneering at stupidity.
Populism was on the rise before this happened. Murdoch News begat Fox and Fox begat every dark corner of the internet where the Goebbels Playbook rules. Spread enough lies, spread enough shit and you have the truth tellers running around defending accusations that are nonsense. Meanwhile, confusion is sown and some shit sticks because you are dealing with politicians and senior funders who all have skeletons.
Old school conservatives like Von Papen thought they could tame the Hitler movement by stopping the sneering and trying to manage it but Hitler was aware of their intentions and had no intention of being managed. He managed them.
Now Trump is no Nazi. Nor is he a fascist. He has no political philosophy other than looking after himself and his interests. The only person who manages Trump are Melania, for personal gain, and Putin, for political gain- but their interests mostly align. The closest political figures to Trump are Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh but the USA had more sense and better education back then. More locally owned media not aligned with big corporations dictating the line and less susceptible to mass media.
He is not going to be tamed- he’ll sack anyone who tries that. He is not going to be managed- it’s his way or a tantrum firing.
This movement is not gonna be stopped by being nice to it. It needs organised opposition. They are organised- they are not a large movement as yet but neither were the Nazis until they were.
Noel Coward said it best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveW9Tw2JKE
Noel Coward ….
My fave tune
https://youtu.be/tSA5C8mQcLQ?si=v1jq9886x23rhhNd
Trump is definitely not normal.
“Nuclear deal with Iran” before he sits his ass on the White house seat.
https://x.com/IranObserver0/status/1854256397753462808
Pure peace everywhere normal.
“Zio Election interference.”
https://x.com/GUnderground_TV/status/1854265048673190231
If the champions league stopped now we be seeded against Real Madrid , good time to get them!
One of my hardest and most disheartening days as a teacher today. I’ve been doing this job for 25 years now, and I think I am pretty good at it but today was tough. Kids don’t ask me about politics because they know I can’t really give them an honest answer as we live in a community that parents will pounce on any bad word you may say about that guy. I find it hard now to try and tell kids right from wrong. I have 3 beautiful daughters and a very mature 15 yr old son. This guy that was just voted back in again has no respect for women. I love this country and what it has given me, but I ‘d like to think I have also given it back a hell of a lot as well. Neither candidate was the best and that is what I find hard about a country this size. Mark my words, Trump is not as bad as his Vice President. He is the one that you need to be watching very closely for the next 4 years. Sorry for the non-Celtic post my fellow CQNers, just a tough day at the office.
Sean
Good morning all from Govanhill.
Sean 3.12
Aye indeed young fella.
“Brendan Rodgers managed the final quarter of the game through assiduous use of substitutions. Valle and Bernardo for Taylor and Engels, then Scales and Yang for Carter-Vickers and Kuhn, finally Idah for Kyogo. Every change reenergised Celtic. There was no weakness, no dropping off. It was the perfect performance.”
Yes, this is what made Tuesday the complete performance.
Good positive start to the game
Coming from behind and re-establishing control
Phenomenal work rate, passing and pressing
Getting the cushion goal
Several things that seldom happen for us consistently in UCL games
Yet the Game Craft came to a pinnacle in the last quarter, when our never stop, total football was augmented by the excellent substitutions.
We really have horses for courses – if this was an SPL game maybe McCowan and Forrest would be the way to go – yet Bernardo was the equal to Engels great performance and amazingly for some of us, the new, mature Yang meant that the loss of Kuhn did not have a major impact.
Well done to all the players but the Manager, Coaches, Analytists can all pat themselves on the back.
Fortress Celtic Park Returns
Hail Hail
JACKIEMAC @ 8:05 PM,
Great stuff from Alan Morrison telling it how it is.
The idea that the continuity myth is a subjective opinion that you can make your own opinion on is an absolute nonsense.
The Rangers Football Club died, were liquidated – that means the football club is legally dead.
There is no continuation of the old club, no continuation of trophies won, Rangers FC won the League and League Cup double in 2010/11, that is the last trophies Rangers won.
The continuity myth that saw Sevco Scotland take up the mantle of the Ibrox club via the flawed five way agreement means that the fans can support a new Club playing out of Ibrox, however in no lawful way, is it the same Club.
Hail Hail
SFTB last night.
Good points eell made as usual.
This line had me chuckling.
“The closest political figures to Trump are Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh but the USA had more sense and better education back then”
Agree with you that organised opposition needed against these chancers and, frankly, a system that has been rigged by the right and the rich.
It’s the current positioning of that opposition that concerns me.
Good point made by Quad about the left not wanting to get up close and personal with what should be their core constituency.
PS – IMHO?
“You’re at the wrong rally” and that young lady screaming and swearing at a toddler in a pram?
… between them cost Harris ½ a percentage point.
Someone was saying, if the new CL format throws out the biggest clubs, it won’t last long. We’ll see. It would be a scandal for UEFA to reverse it now. What I think we’ll see next season is the clubs working harder to ‘game’ the format.
Fassreifen on 7th November 2024 9:20 am
Someone was saying, if the new CL format throws out the biggest clubs, it won’t last long. We’ll see. It would be a scandal for UEFA to reverse it now. What I think we’ll see next season is the clubs working harder to ‘game’ the format.
Hi mate,
Could you provide a link or source as to who the
the someone is?
Interesting as it was a conversation of sorts after watching MOTD with mates last night,after seeing current table Real Madrid etc.
Hail Hail
An Tearmann, it was just someone (no one famous) on Twitter (which I really should stop reading) but it seemed a valid point, one the richest clubs will be thinking about.
AJ signing new contract
We discussed plastic carpets yesterday in relation to Kilmarnock. Not surprised to see the latest below, if they fail a move to a independent authority is proposed.
“Seven SPFL clubs have lodged a complaint against the ban of artificial pitches in the Premiership.”
The format will be getting reviewed as we speak and i wouldnt be surprised
if a wee Ref/VAR conference being organised where “its in everyones interest”
PSG Bayern AC Mlan Real are in next round. Winky eye thing
Fassreifen on 7th November 2024 10:17 am
JC2 on 7th November 2024 10:22 am
Thanks for reply,more or less nub of conversation
with friends,ie review once we see how bigboys are harmed.
HH
BadaBing re AJ great news. on 7th November 2024 10:22 am👏👏
HH