A performance and result which has been coming for both sides.<\/p>\n
Motherwell were everything Celtic were not. They were dominant, hungry and played with a purpose. They took charge from the first minute. <\/p>\n
It took nearly eight minutes for the visitors to string five passes together. <\/p>\n
But while much of the attention will be on the awful state of Celtic, Motherwell’s brilliance should not be overlooked.<\/p>\n
Of all their qualities, their consistency was most influential. Not only in their style and system, but in their patterns.<\/p>\n
Every time Callum McGregor tried to get on the ball, a Motherwell player pounced. When Celtic were exposed at the back, the hosts exploited it.<\/p>\n
Away players were shaking their heads throughout, but they are the architects of their own downfall.<\/p>\n
O’Donnell was gifted the freedom of Fir Park to fling in the fabulous cross for the opener, while Schmeichel was all over the shop for the second.<\/p>\n
Sloppy and second-best, they were utterly schooled, and not for the first time during Nancy’s short time at the club.<\/p>\n
His wait for a first clean sheet goes on.<\/p>\n
The Frenchman has insisted he is seeing improvements, that the risks are rewarding and his team will come good. There was no signs of any such things here.<\/p>\n
Celtic were taught more than a thing or two by a team who are together, trust each other and are moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A performance and result which has been coming for both sides. Motherwell were everything Celtic were not. They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-258885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115811171906166611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}