JOE Hart tonight accepted full responsibility for the first goal Celtic conceded in their Champions League defeat to Feyenoord in Rotterdam – but…
JOE Hart tonight accepted full responsibility for the first goal Celtic conceded in their Champions League defeat to Feyenoord in Rotterdam – but insisted the Glasgow club showed they are good enough to enjoy a successful European campaign.
But he conceded that he should have been able to get to the shot and ensure that Brendan Rodgers’ team were level with Arne Slot’s side at half-time. “The ball skipped up, it was curling away. A guy ran across Kyogo in the wall and it affected him. It was a perfect storm for them and it went in. But I’ll look at myself, I always do that because I want to save everything.
Hart, who saved a second half Igor Paixao penalty, felt that Celtic still had a chance of getting a result before centre back Gustaf Lagerbielke and midfielder Odin Thiago Holm both got red carded. “We’ll see if Gus learns from it. He’s an honest kid who had a good first half. But this is the Champions League. In the SPFL, you can be a bit more physical. But at this level, players are clever and cute, they go down.Asked about his penalty save, he said: “That’s the life of a goalkeeper isn’t it? I’m never going to give up ever. Whether I could or couldn’t save the first goal it makes no difference to me.
“We felt good in this competition, we felt like we should be here,” he said. “We were in a good game and a few things happen and you lose 2-0. But even down to nine men we showed character, we showed heart. We showed a desire to stay in it and did our best to create chances.’
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