Sutton reckons Celtic need to be ruthless against Young Boys to really make their season a success
It’s all been building towards this – it’s Celtic’s World Cup Final. And that’s why Brendan Rodgers and his stars must be utterly ruthless when they lock horns with Young Boys on their Champions League night of judgment.
There have been emphatic defeats to Dortmund and Rangers, really below the levels expected, but there hasn’t been much elsewhere to grumble about. We do have a habit of underestimating clubs from other nations. Brugge have a better recent European record than Celtic and they were really organised when they beat Aston Villa. I did call a difficult night for Celtic.
They got lost, you can get a hammering at the top level, but Celtic have surprised me in a really good way this season in Europe. But you cannot get away from the fact that this is the biggest game Celtic have had in a long time. If they win it’s a great success but if they don’t then they will put themselves under enormous pressure heading to Aston Villa.
Football has a funny way of biting you on the backside, you only have to look at Auston Trusty the other night in Dundee. He thought he could coast it but Dundee under Tony Docherty, a manager I greatly admire, masterminded an opponent who didn’t give the champions respite. There is a hesitancy, but I had that at times during my own career. When you are flying, you are not worried about a goalkeeper in your eyeline, he wasn’t brave enough, it’s what sets the best strikers above everyone else.
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