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·19 ottobre 2024
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Celtic v Aberdeen – Scottish Premiership – Celtic Park – Reo Hatate scores the first goal of the game during the Scottish Premiership match at Celtic Park on Saturday October 19, 2024. Photo: Jane Barlow
“We are disappointed. We had really good control of the game in the first half and we could have had more goals. We got punished for a really careless period between the 50th and 60th minute. We weren’t aggressive enough in our pressure.
“The way we play because of the compactness and tightness in the team being high means that if you don’t press well then you are always susceptible to that pass in behind. That is what happened and the guy finishes it well.
Celtic v Aberdeen – Scottishl Premiership – Celtic Park Celtic’s Kyogo Furuhashi scores the second goal of the game during the Premiership match at Celtic Park, Saturday on October 19, 2024. Photo Jane Barlow
“The second goal is careless as we give the ball away in a really poor area. That was the frustration and once we get to 2-2 we find our rhythm again and our speed. We had 32-odd shots on goal and a mixture of good defending by them, their ‘keeper making some good saves and blocks meant that we couldn’t find the winner.
“Overall, when you don’t win a game, especially at Celtic Park, it will always feel like a defeat but we have to learn from that period in the game because we were careless in it.
Aberdeen captain Graeme Shinnie scores to tie the game 2-2, beating Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel with a deflected goal off Auston Trusty of Celtic. Celtic v Aberdeen, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 19 October 2024 Photo StuartWallace/ Shutterstock
The Celtic manager, speaking post-match to BBC Sportsound, accepted that Aberdeen are a good team who are well coached by Jimmy Thelin.