Celtic suffered a heavy 7-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League on Tuesday night, and one participant has come underneath fireplace greater than others within the media.
Borussia Dortmund 7-1 Celtic
Brendan Rodgers’ aspect travelled to Germany trying to keep their unbeaten run in all competitions however had been shortly behind after a penalty from Emre Can. Nonetheless, the Hoops shortly equalised because of Daizen Maeda, following a chic cross from summer season signing Arne Engels.
It appeared as if can be an entertaining recreation after a frantic first 10 minutes, nonetheless, 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 gained’t change his aspect’s method going ahead: “Will we camp in and simply wait? No, we can’t do this. We all know it’s going to be tough at occasions. Tonight, we simply gave it away too simple and we bought punished.
“We went in excessive in confidence, we felt we had been in a very good place. We needed to begin a lot better as we gave away actually low cost targets. And we bought 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 stage. It is a totally different stage, with the best respect. We need 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’ll get punished at this stage.”
Following the ultimate whistle, the Celtic participant rankings from each The Every day File 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 score 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 Every day File gave him a 3/10 and likewise mentioned he was uncovered in Germany. “The left again typically has the finger pointed at him at this stage and it’s a place many imagine 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 truly Celtic’s worst-rated performer on the night, as per SofaScore, recording a match score of 5.6/10. Statistically, Taylor struggled as properly, shedding possession 11 occasions within the opening 45 minutes, slightly below each 5 minutes. He didn’t make a sort out, interception, clearance or block a shot and misplaced his solely floor duel of the night time.
Developing 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.
