Celtic manager Martin O’Neill prevented a 4th successive defeat as his side went back to the top of the Scottish Premiership with a dominant 2-0 win over Motherwell.
After 3 losses before the worldwide break, consisting of 2 versus Old Firm competitors Rangers, O’Neill stated his intent to not step down declaring that it would have been “poor” to do so.
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Speaking pre-match, Chris Sutton stated the global break would have been the best time for Martin O’Neill to have actually ignored Celtic
Chris Sutton declared pre-match that the 74-year-old need to have ignored the task throughout the break, however O’Neill’s choice was rewarded by a pounding efficiency from the Hoops.
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Camilo Duran fired a great low strike previous Alex Paulsen to provide Celtic a favorable start at Fir Park
Objectives from Camilo Duran and Benjamin Nygren in either half sufficed to declare the points, though the scoreline stopped working to reveal the real scale of Celtic’s supremacy.
After a barrage of shots on Paulsen’s objective Benjamin Nygren lastly scored Celtic’s 2nd after a speedy counter attack
Motherwell goalkeeper Alex Paulsen made a season-high 12 conserves to avoid things from becoming worse for the hosts.
His heroics were insufficient to stop the unavoidable outcome though, as the win sees Celtic exceed Rangers at the top of the table and O’Neill prevents losing 4 straight video games like the male he changed in the dugout last season, Wilfried Nancy.
The essential minutes from Fir Park
9: OBJECTIVE! Camilo Duran fires Celtic ahead with low drive from outside package.
11: OFF THE LINE! Duran rejected by Emmanuel Longelo who clears off the line.
52: DOUBLE SAVE! Paulsen conserves from full-backs Colby Donovan and Kieran Tierney in fast succession.
57: OFF THE POST! Mika Baur’s near-post flick beats Paulsen however returns off the woodwork.
59: OBJECTIVE! Paulsen can do absolutely nothing to stop Nygren from doubling Celtic’s lead.
61: POSSIBILITY! Duran has a carbon-copy possibility to Nygren, however Paulsen is on hand to stop him.
70: FINGERTIP SAVE! Another unique conserve from Paulsen to reject Callum McGregor.
75: SUB! Jota makes his go back to action after 18 months on the sidelines.
O’Neill: Celtic required to return to the essentials
“We maybe just needed to get back to basics. The things that makes the club tick and the team go strong. All of those particular things I thought were in evidence.
“When you’ve lost a couple video games and huge matches, you need to look inwards and see what you can enhance on. Naturally, in a few of the matches, there was a lot we might enhance on.
“I think essentially it was back to what makes us strong. Pressing and the ability to play the ball when we had it.”
Tierney: Much more like Celtic
“That was much more like us. I think we could’ve taken a couple more chances to be honest. We were working hard. It was evident to see the press was on and everybody was working together, tracking back. The tempo was just much better.
“It was a difficult week. You understand what it’s like here. If you do not win there is analysis on you. That’s not for us to get brought away, it’s one win. We simply require to develop on it.”
Johansson: We didn’t benefit from our minutes
“We were the second-best team. There were moments in the game where we managed to do our thing and do what we want to do and it works. But, there are also two easy goals we conceded which we need to improve on.
“After the very first objective we developed some momentum, however you require to make money from those minutes when you play a great group. We didn’t.
“We come to the second half. We started okay but they were putting us down. When you concede the second goal and the way you concede it, it opens up the game. We are in a situation where we put ourselves there. They looked dangerous on some transitions. In the end, you will always be one step behind.”
What the outcome implies and next components …
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- Celtic components
- Scottish Premiership components
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