Scott Bain had little chance with either Newco goal yesterday, but made several flawless interventions in in the game: diving out from his goal to hold a cross in the first half, saving when the hopeless Morelos was clean through on him, grasping a free kick just under his crossbar and punching the ball out of play.
His game will most be remembered for the added time save from Windass before he collected the ball off the post when Morelos showed all the composure of Ibrox strikers before him, like Sebo and van Vossen.
Jozo Simunovic scarcely broke sweat before his 57th minute red card. There could have been an earlier red for a two footed lunge on Tom Rogic, and I don’t believe there was intent behind Jozo’s action, but it was a red card.
‘What happened to Dedryck?’ remains an open question. The Belgian international picked himself up from a bomb scare first season to become an integral part of the Invincibles, but after gifting possession for the opening Newco goal, and being turned by Morelos at the second, he will have been the most relieved man in Glasgow at full time yesterday.
Tom Rogic’s goal was incredible, not only the quality of the 27-yard strike, but the way he created the opening for himself. No one else in the Scottish game could have scored that goal. Some players hide when they are a goal down in a hostile environment, Tom stepped up when we needed it.
Moussa Dembele scored one, got an assist and led the line well. His goal exposed some inept defending. A Scott Bain pass to Scott Brown allowed the captain to launch a long ball with his first touch, Moussa controlled with his head before lobbing the keeper.
This goal came after a period of intense Celtic pressure on the Newco goal, which forced eight corners but didn’t create the breakthrough. When Newco pressed forward they lost concentration.
Like Rogic, Moussa is a player who comes alive on big stage.
With 25% of the game remaining, the scores level and being a man down, Brendan Rodgers swapped a midfielder for a striker. Without a right back on the park, I didn’t expect Forrest to be sacrificed, but it was a ballsy, match winning, play.
Odsonne Eduard didn’t hang around. 100 seconds after taking to the field, he scored what proved to be the winner. Think back for a moment to the occasions Brendan played Odsonne with Moussa and Leigh Griffiths on the bench. It was clear Odsonne was still learning his craft, but without those development opportunities he would not have been yesterday’s match winner.
The final drama was provided by Windass’ shot, Bain’s save and that miss from Morelos. The ball sat perfectly for the striker four yards out, but as we so often see from one footed players, what was an easy tap-in with his left foot, bounced off the outside of his right boot in the wrong direction.
All he needed to do was hold his left foot against the ball to equalise. How do players get to that level so reluctant to use their weaker foot?
Twice coming from behind, then scoring a winner with 10 men, is a memorable way to win any game. At Ibrox, it was delicious. Newco collapsed like a pack of cards, at home, with a man advantage. They continue to find innovative ways to traumatise themselves.
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SSN Jim White’s gas at a very low peep, must be feeling under the weather, still no mention of yesterday on that channel.
4 thrown at him by stewarded and policed fans at poxville
I’HADTOCHANGEMYNAME
Are you sure it wasn’t the police and stewards doing the actual throwing?
FAN-A-TIC
, I think I would have bit your hand off
Judging by the look of BFDJ I quite believe it. He looks like he would eat anything and everything.
Looking forward to seeing Brendan on Monday Night Football tonight. The last time he was on a couple of years ago he spoke brilliantly.
Imagine being a Hun and turning on MNF tonight and there is our Brendan, what a sickener for them.
oh yeah fanatic – they’re pretty decent shots too
Haven’t had time to read back so apologies, if it has been covered. Paul refers to the period of sustained pressure and the resulting 8 corners.
Anyone remember when winning a corner was a big deal? I am sure there was a time when corners often resulted in goals. Seems to be a thing of the past these days.
Still smiling in Denia.
Big Packy,
Ibrox was a mud bath that wet, grey day.
For us though, it was blue skies and sunshine all the way.
any one find it strange that joey thick barton always runs down the game after sevco lose a derby
Is Bates atill waiting at A&E?
THOMTHETHIM FOR OSCAR OK, thanks for that didnt think the old barnet was that bad.hh.
ebt mcleish talking crap
not an ounce of shame
Oh dear. Old firm Kenny who has been banging on about old firm and title race for the last two weeks doesn’t want to talk about it today.
Wonder why the naming of the Scotland squad was delayed until today…..
McLeish getting the BBC TV sport headline. What happened to all the Sevco excitement in the lead up to yesterday’s game?
Peter: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GqBK2efZ5TU
Freddie #1: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gT5NieHQBas
Freddie #2: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OldpSFhz2aU
Freddie #3: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ7Yo4eA-fM
Big Peter is probably enjoy a wee smirk to himself…
Shortbread majoring on a Scotland squad for some friendly…bless….
Danso1888
If he’s saying the Scottish league is like a Sunday league then he’s basically saying that he failed in a Sunday league. Nothing but an attention seeker.
Deniahbhoy,
Celtic by Numbers did his usual excellent job in analysing both goals scored by us from corners, and corners defended by us. You’ll find them both at the following link, under the ‘recent posts’ on the right of the screen
http://celticbynumberscom.ipage.com/
Not ‘ both goals, as in ‘two of them”, but goals scored, as well as corners defended.
Better ?
;-)
shortbread keeping it low
all the laughing before the tears shortbread
‘ Red Card……………..Red Card………………….Red Card ‘
Shortbread denying the game ever took place, after a week of the title race is on it strangely is now forgotten
‘If Bates had stayed on’
Reporting Scotland doesn’t report on the match of the weekend…..One wonders why? Concentrating on the defeat of the Scots in Dublin. How they hate us.
Neil Warnock, currently Cardiff City Manager just talking absolute tripe on Shortbread. How do such uninformed people get these jobs?
It never happened. You must be mistaken.
because he is a sevco man
“Huns In Hiding”
John Wayne at night, Big Wean in the morning:))
North Korea Scottish Wing….
BBC propaganda week in epic fail…………………..no coverage of the news of the defeat, or the previously reported TITLE RACE
On FF the revisionism has started already. Apparently the “gap” isn’t there at all. They would have won if Bates had stayed on. We played at our best and only just beat them apparently. All they need is a hard man midfielder and that’s it.
Delusional doesn’t even cover it.
All going as planned……..Will we enter the 2nd Qualifying Round for CL and are those dates 24 / 25th July??
Also…. are we likely to have the home leg first????? We will be back in the Brig at that time.
Shortbread managed to talk about a friendly v Costa Rica for 30 minutes, a remarkable feat…
Its the hope that kills them CSC
Highlights on SS1
oh dear excuses