Well that was a struggle was it not?
Hoping to put the St Mirren result to bed, the Celtic fans rocked up to Paradise hoping to see a team itching to silence the critics and pundits who have been scathing in their analysis of that result.
Andy Walker said the defence was bullied, Hugh Keevins said Ange Postecoglou was arrogant and complacent.
So today was the perfect opportunity to shut them up with a goalfest right?
Wrong. The game started well with a Kyogo goal within the first fifteen minutes but a blunder by Juranovic let Motherwell back into the game with a bizarre own goal.
Hatate restored our lead with a beautiful strike but in the dying minutes, captain Callum McGregor took a red card for the team after a slack pass by Hatate almost let the Motherwell striker through clean on goal.
McGregor pulled him down and was red carded for a professional foul.
No dubious decision. The ref got it spot on.
But Celtic gaffer Ange Postecoglou had a different take on the decision in his post match comments on Sky Sports:
🍀"I know he'll be a lot, lot better but he's well on the way…"
Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou insists there's more to come from Reo Hatate as he insists they should have been more comfortable against Motherwell. pic.twitter.com/0tMknQJlYc
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) October 1, 2022
I’m sorry but there was no covering defender. In fact, with Joe Hart so far off his line Motherwell would almost certainly have equalised had McGregor not taken the action he did.
I think when Ange watches it back he will see that McGregor saved his side two points and the place at the top of the league.
Welsh was covering. Beaton totally wrong.
Hart is the one to blame for the goal he could not stop a bus never mind a shot at goal he must go
Hart is the one to blame for the goal he could not stop a bus never mind a shot at goal he must go can’t say enough