Celtic suffered a heavy 7-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League on Tuesday night, and one participant has come beneath hearth greater than others within the media.
Borussia Dortmund 7-1 Celtic
Brendan Rodgers‘ aspect travelled to Germany trying to preserve their unbeaten run in all competitions however had been rapidly behind after a penalty from Emre Can. Nonetheless, the Hoops rapidly equalised due to Daizen Maeda, following a elegant cross from summer time signing Arne Engels.
It regarded as if could be an entertaining sport after a frantic first 10 minutes, nevertheless, the hosts quickly took management and ran away with proceedings, with Karim Adeyemi hitting a first-half hat-trick.
Talking after the sport, Rodgers admitted he received’t change his aspect’s strategy going ahead: “Will we camp in and simply wait? No, we can’t try this. We all know it’s going to be tough at occasions. Tonight, we simply gave it away too simple and we acquired punished.
“We went in excessive in confidence, we felt we had been in a extremely good place. We needed to begin significantly better as we gave away actually low cost targets. And we acquired punished for free bits of play and passes. They had been ruthless of their ending. It’s extremely tough for us to get to that degree. It is a completely different degree, with the best respect. We wish to be extra aggressive. My job is to go away and encourage the gamers once more. We have to be taught from it or we are going to get punished at this degree.”
Following the ultimate whistle, the Celtic player ratings from each The Each day Document and The Scotsman had been shared, and though there weren’t many excessive scorers, one participant was close to or on the backside of the pile.
Celtic defender Greg Taylor slammed for first-half show
Left-back Greg Taylor solely lasted 45 minutes earlier than being changed on the interval by Alex Valle. The Scotsman gave Taylor a 2/10 ranking and mentioned: “A torrid night for the left-back, a part of a backline that was brutally uncovered. Got here off for Alex Valle on the break.”
In the meantime, The Each day Document gave him a 3/10 and likewise mentioned he was uncovered in Germany. “The left again usually has the finger pointed at him at this degree and it’s a place many consider an improve is require to actually compete within the Champions League. Uncovered right here and hooked at half time.”
The £15,000-a-week left-back was really Celtic’s worst-rated performer on the night, as per SofaScore, recording a match ranking of 5.6/10. Statistically, Taylor struggled as effectively, dropping possession 11 occasions within the opening 45 minutes, slightly below each 5 minutes. He did not make a deal with, interception, clearance or block a shot and misplaced his solely floor duel of the evening.
Arising towards Adeyemi who bagged a hat-trick within the opening half, it was no shock to see Taylor taken off so early on, and it’ll be fascinating if he retains his place within the beginning line-up towards Ross County this weekend.
