Aberdeen 0-1 Celtic: ‘Nobody is catching domestic machine Celtic now’
From Cameron Carter-Vickers receiving sarcastic cheers from the red-box fans after successfully completing a pass back to the goalkeeper (something he failed to do against Club Brugge a week ago), to plundering Asia With Alex Valle at strong tackle Kevin Nisbet, it’s all chaotic stuff. After only a minute of beating, my skin and hair were flying.
Continuous rains and periodic hatred. On the radio, the great Willie Miller smiled, wistful. Old school scraps. Toe to toe. Where else would you like to go?
Some people might tell you that the most beautiful sounds in the world are the chirping of birds, the rustling of leaves, the crackling of fire. On nights like this, it’s a more fundamental feeling. An Aberdeen tackle – legal or otherwise – brought with it a cacophony of discord. Sweet music.
Minutes later, Keigo Furuhashi found space deep in Aberdeen’s half, with inexperienced goalkeeper Ross Doohan the only obstacle to his opening goal.
The two’s full commitment meant a brutal collision. The head-butt between the blameless Kyogo and Doohan is worrying. The keeper stayed for a moment. Replays showed the severity of the mistake.
What’s touching is that Kyogo is always by his side. You thought Doohan’s days were over, but he picked himself up and kept going.
Doohan’s time on the pitch has been limited in the Dimitar Mitov era, but he was outstanding on Wednesday night. Performed well after the Jingo incident and was inspired later when Celtic started to pile on the pressure.
Towns fought hard. They weren’t that threatening offensively, they didn’t cause Kasper Schmeichel a ton of trouble until the final minutes when they were chasing like maniacs, but they held on tenaciously against the champions and they carried out a Battle The last time they played, they were playing against an offensive force that was six men.
Celtic always hinted that a goal was coming. Towards the end of the first half, they received a series of corner kicks and launched vicious passes from the beach end.
Paulo Bernardo scored directly from one of the goals but the goal was correctly ruled out when Daizen Maeda cut back to Doohan. Alistair Johnston is just feet away from connecting with another human being, and a light touch might be enough to break the ice.
The jostling in it all was intense. Don’t ask for forgiveness and don’t give it. It’s not pretty, but given the rough conditions and bear pit nature of the race, it’s noticeable.
