{"id":484405,"date":"2025-10-09T01:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/484405\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:32:11","slug":"pat-bonner-shocked-at-what-a-number-of-players-strangely-did-in-celtics-win-vs-motherwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/484405\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Bonner &#8216;shocked&#8217; at what &#8216;a number of players&#8217; strangely did in Celtic&#8217;s win vs Motherwell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Celtic fans love nothing more than a late win and against Motherwell, that\u2019s exactly what they got.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brendan Rodgers watched his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-player-ratings-vs-motherwell-as-only-one-player-scores-more-than-6-10-despite-late-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic side surrender a 1-0 lead<\/a> looking comfortable only to see two examples of poor defending help put Motherwell 2-1 up just after the break.<\/p>\n<p>However, Benjamin Nygren and Daizen Maeda saved the day as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/what-benjamin-nygren-arne-engels-and-james-forrest-said-on-the-celtic-touchline-before-beating-motherwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic battled back to beat Motherwell<\/a> and grab three precious SPFL points.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t Celtic\u2019s defending that concerned Hoops hero <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/pat-bonner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pat Bonner<\/a> as he spotted something unusual about how Rodgers\u2019 team played on the day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/generated-image-85-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Split image of Celtic hero Pat Bonner and Dundee United staff clearing oranges from the Tannadice pitch after fans protest ticket prices\" class=\"wp-image-270152\" \/>Credit: Ian MacNicol\/Photo By Seb Daly\/Sportsfile via Getty ImagesBonner couldn\u2019t believe how poor Celtic\u2019s passing was vs Motherwell<\/p>\n<p>The former Celtic goalkeeper was clearly delighted with the late win but expressed concern at some of the passing he witnessed from Brendan Rodgers\u2019 side.<\/p>\n<p>Bonner told The Scottish Football Podcast, \u201cFrom Celtic\u2019s point of view, listen, they worked hard. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been used to watching Celtic and their passing average has been very high and very successful. They\u2019ll continue to pass the ball, but today the passing was very much off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey kept giving the ball away, not just one player, a number of players. I was shocked by some of the passes that they were actually passing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrying to pass it, but their accuracy was so far out at times, and the whole game then just falls down on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BBC match stats confirm Pat Bonner\u2019s Celtic worry<\/p>\n<p>Normally, Celtic\u2019s passing helps them control most matches which then lead on to a comfortable win.<\/p>\n<p>But looking at the stats on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/cg5ep20v193t#MatchStats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC website<\/a>, Bonner was right to be worried:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Total passes: 587<\/li>\n<li>Pass accuracy: 87.2%<\/li>\n<li>Backward passes: 83<\/li>\n<li>Forward passes: 183<\/li>\n<li>Total long balls: 42<\/li>\n<li>Successful final third passes: 168<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Celtic\u2019s passing accuracy is usually always in the mid-90% mark so there is clearly a lot of stray passes and mistakes being made.<\/p>\n<p>That was also evident in Celtic\u2019s defeat to SC Braga in the Europa League. Hopefully, Rodgers has recognised this and will take steps to rectify before the league resumes against Dundee a week on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic fans love nothing more than a late win and against Motherwell, that\u2019s exactly what they got. 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