A much better result than the 0-0 a year ago so Celtic in a
good place. Three goals, several times hitting the woodwork, and a very good
penalty shout turned down. Next week will see the return of Simunovic, maybe
Boyata and Lustig, and a fitter Rogic. Complacency seems to be the major enemy now.
Rosenborg looked the fitter side at the start, and so they
should, being halfway through their season but once Brendan Rodgers corrected
his faux pas of playing James Forrest behind Odsonne Edouard and moved him back
out wide, pushing McGregor a bit further forward instead, everything clicked
into place. And that is maybe Rodgers’ greatest attribute, his ability and
willingness to make changes as soon as he realises they aren’t working rather
than waiting for an hour or more to try and prove a point.
Hard to think of a recent game with three finer goals,
Odsonne’s calm finish for the first, Ntcham’s glorious strike for the second
(which would only have been bettered by the thunderblaster which hit the bar),
and then Eddie’s second, the only word for which is (and I really tried to
avoid using it but failed) Larsson-esque.
Gamboa was entertaining to watch in an Izaguirre fashion,
popping up in the Rosenborg box in the first couple of minutes, and is surely
an able deputy for Lustig this season, while Ajer is going to be fun too with
those “Feed the Bear” style marauds forward. More of those please.
Another thrilling night in Paradise, let’s finish the job
next week in Norway.
PS – please lay off Jack Hendry. Not that there was as much
criticism of him from the stands as some are making out, but he is a young lad
trying to raise his game so give him a break. Remember he is fourth-choice
centre-back, and in normal circumstances wouldn’t be playing at this level yet.
He is doing his best and played his part.
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