THE 10 men of Celtic battled to a deserved win over Livingston as a Reo Hatate penalty and a Matt O’Riley goal either side of a red card...
THE 10 men of Celtic battled to a deserved win over Livingston as a Reo Hatate penalty and a Matt O’Riley goal either side of a red card for Joe Hart eased them to three points.
It rounded off a poor week for Hart after his error that gifted Feyenoord the crucial opening goal in the Champions League tie on Tuesday night, and the question marks over his ongoing suitability as a Celtic number one will only increase in the wake of this latest mistake. He topped off that positive start by just about squeezing Celtic’s penalty under the body of Shamal George to give the visitors the lead, an award of the stonewall variety after Luiyi De Lucas clumsily tripped Hatate in the area as he latched onto a lovely Greg Taylor pass.You can see why managers for both club and country like Daizen Maeda. He has electric pace, is strong, and makes some brilliant runs. And his seemingly boundless energy proved invaluable after his team were reduced to 10.
In fairness to Maeda, he did show great feet to turn in the Livi box during the first half and was unlucky to see his shot saved by George from close range, and his goal to put the cherry on top for Celtic - his hardest chance of the day - was a thing ofHe chopped back onto his left foot to sit a Livi defender on his backside, and curled a stunning effort into the opposite corner.
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