AS he spoke to reporters outside of De Kuip in the wake of Celtic’s defeat to Feyenoord in their opening Champions League group stage match in…
Celtic right back Alistair Johnston, right, in action against Feyenoord in the Champions League in Rotterdam on Tuesday night
Supporters watching on television at home must have thought they had tuned in to a re-run of last season’s matches by mistake. He is, then, far from despondent about the result. He felt the red cards which centre-half Gustaf Lagerbielke and midfielder Odin Thiago Holm picked up in the second half after the visitors had fallen behind scuppered their hopes of staging a comeback. He is adamant there is much Celtic can build on and confident they can still enjoy a successful campaign.
“He played a really good game. He made a couple of big saves for us which is what we needed, it helped us stay in it. I think we were actually in that game. But obviously once you go down to 10 and then to nine away from home you’re asking a lot from yourselves. “Sometimes, as we impose ourselves they wear down. These teams, they try to impose themselves on you. And again, that’s a difficult thing to really play in. But, at the same time, I do think that was a positive step for us. Again, experience does make a difference when it comes down to some of the decisions on the pitch.”
Elsewhere, Johnston and Reo Hatate have just returned from long-term injury lay-offs while new signings Paulo Bernardo, Holm and Luis Palma are all still settling in to their new surroundings.
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