UEFA Champions League, Matchday 2, Borussia Dortmund Celtic Glasgow, Coach Brendan Rodgers Celtic Glasgow , Dortmund Sign Iduna Park NRW Germany. Picture Dennis Ewert/RHR-FOTO RHR-FOTO/DE
Brendan Rodgers yesterday outlined his dedication to Celtic’s enjoying type and confirmed that it will not change, even after the 7-1 defeat in Dortmund on Tuesday night within the Champions League. Chris Sutton presents the Celtic supervisor some recommendation…
Celtic’s ambition must be applauded because the Scottish Champions went toe-to-toe with the Bundesliga facet who reached the Champions League remaining final yr. Nonetheless at 5-1 down on the interval few Celtic supporters had been appreciating the knowledge of Celtic’s attacking philosophy towards all-comers.
Each Manchester Metropolis and Chelsea had been crushed by Celtic in the summertime tour of the USA and the likes of theRangers and Hearts have been simply swept apart within the Scottish Premiership. The Champions League opened with an excellent 5-1 win over Slovan Bratislava and subsequent up was Dortmund. May Celtic’s thrilling soccer rattle the German facet packed stuffed with star gamers?
Properly, the reply was as emphatic because the scoreline. Subsequent up within the Champions League for Celtic is Atalanta away and Brendan Rodgers is set to do it another time, maybe it’s going to work towards the Europa League holders, who is aware of?
But whereas there was optimism forward of Dortmund, the Celtic assist is maybe searching for a extra cautious method towards Europe’s elite sides and that features Atalanta.
Right this moment in his weekly newspaper column in Each day Report, Chris Sutton put ahead an fascinating proposal that ought to no less than be value of consideration.
Maybe it’s going to take a number of unhealthy outcomes earlier than it filters by means of to Lennoxtown or maybe Brendan Rodgers can be proven to be proper in Italy and we will all put Dortmund down as a foul day on the workplace.
“It’s not powerful to know why Rodgers would think about taking the danger at kick-off of attempting to impose that on to Borussia,” Sutton wrote in Saturday’s Each day Report. “He clearly felt Celtic’s soccer could possibly be higher than Dortmund’s press. And vice versa. You may argue the rights and wrongs of that with hindsight.
“What can’t be argued is that, in a short time, it was obvious Celtic weren’t capable of impose themselves and, certainly, the polar reverse was taking form. That’s the second when it’s a must to tackle it as a result of being adaptable in-game is essential,” Sutton identified.
“Listening to him afterwards, I bought the impression Rodgers did see it, however the gamers had misplaced their method in that painful first-period demise and the slide was irreversible, however somebody needed to type it.
“I’ll use an instance of Arsenal. Most of us would agree they’re an aggressive, offensive group who’re straightforward on the attention when issues are working for them. However Mikel Arteta and his gamers appear fast to know when a tide is popping towards them. The obvious instance got here this season when happening to 10 males towards Manchester Metropolis.
“At that time, Arsenal modified their plan. They bought ugly on the Etihad. Merely put everybody behind the ball as they devised in-game that it was their greatest likelihood to get a end result. They had been 30 seconds from successful by preserving out Metropolis a full half of soccer.
“My level is that Celtic, when the waves began crashing towards them and it turned clear Borussia had been within the temper, simply stored doing the identical issues and stored doing them progressively worse. Gamers need to act sharper and smarter. Get streetwise, be mucky, break the sport up, cease the opponents. Don’t simply hold making the identical errors.”
