Celtic 1 - 3 Salzburg

Morning troops

Firstly its nice to play rubbish n go through rather than play well and go out like we usually seem to do in Europe

Last night for 65-70minutes we actually looked a decent team the thing is to be a decent team in Europe the other 20-25minutes that you play pee poor in are going to haunt you and that happened last night.

We handed them a two goal lead, first goal Van Dijk all over the gaff second goal Stokes what was he doing then Efe decides to leave his man 5 yards out unmarked

After that the football was good Johansen, Izaguirre and Griffiths were stand outs IMO, Brown second half was very good and Tonev played well when he came on

Gordon (6) - Shouldve been off his line quicker for the first, his quietest game in Europe after that

Matthews (6) - He played ok n thats about it, nowhere near the standard of Lustig which is upsetting because they used to be neck and neck

VVD (5) - His performances in Europe have been woeful, i cant wait to see all the big guns battle it out for his signature, he put us under pressure at least 5 times with poor first touches and wayward passes last night, baffles me how he escapes critcism, Murdo MacLeod got it spot on after the game 'i think hes we're finding out why hes playing for Celtic and not a top team'

Ambrose (6) - Shocking marking for the 2nd goal but after that he played pretty well

Izaguirre (7) - Tireless shift as usual, also as usual final ball let him down but hes basically the only one getting himself into positions to create chances.

Brown (7) - Non existent first half, second half a lot better, won the ball countless times and drove us on

Mulgrew (5) - See Brown first half

Johansen (8) - Great energy, great finish for the goal and was most of our good stuff went through him in the second half.

McGregor (4) - You know what feeling i get when he gets the ball the same as Efe and Sammy did, its the old 'get ready to give him abuse' feeling and to be honest he isnt doing himself any favours but hes being made a scapegoat, played out of position maybe a bit out his depth at this level. The way the fans have rounded on him though is shocking.

Stokes (5) - Dont know what he was doing for the second goal, only he does. He played some decent stuff at times aswell though, looks a lot sharper but he isnt good enough

Griffiths (8) - Terrific shift, his first touch was spot on and if it wasnt for a great save he wouldve got the goal he deserved. Ronny said he played him to get in behind Salzburg because there defence like to push high up the park and he was spot on

Tonev and Forrest looked good when they came on, Tonev had some class touches and runs, did look like he was saying goodbye at the end though

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