Just In: Paul Merson responds in six words following Celtic’s victory over RB Leipzig in the Champions League.
Paul Merson responds in six words following Celtic’s victory over RB Leipzig in the Champions League.
RB Leipzig was seeded in Pot 1 at the beginning of the competition for a reason,
even though they had lost their first three Champions League games.
Furthermore, Marco Rose’s team is now ranked second in the Bundesliga,
so navigating this wasn’t going to be simple and may be quite challenging.
The home team didn’t look back and won the game after Nicolas Kuhn’s
curling attempt tied the score, despite Celtic falling down and being under siege early on.
Reo Hatate added a third goal in the second half,
but Celtic’s man of the moment was already on fire and celebrating
his second goal of the game.
It makes sense that this victory by the Bhoys attracted a lot
of attention and accolades.
Despite down by a goal, Celtic showed their value by equalizing and then controlling the match against Germany’s second-best squad.
The reaction has been quite amazing thus far, starting with Celtic giving up seven goals to Borussia Dortmund and then gaining a point against Atalanta and defeating RB Leipzig.
According to BBC Sport, Celtic had a 60.5% possession rate and made 17 efforts on goal compared to their opponents’ 10.
In addition, five of them scored goals for the host team, including four of Leipzig’s three blocked shots.
Rose’s team was only allowed 15 touches in the opposition’s box, while Celtic had 25 touches.
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