When Celtic beat Barcelona five years ago, not many people could believe it.
That special night at Celtic Park was a night where every football purist embraced Celtic as they took on the best in the world and came out victorious.
Since then, when people talk about the result they harken back to the Sky Sports stats immediately after the game that flashed on our screens.
While possession was still one-sided as you would expect Celtic did manage over double the 11% possession that Sky Sports claimed – confirmed by UEFA as 27% on the night.
This may seem trivial to some, and it might seem more romantic to have 11% possession and still win but on the night Celtic managed to do a little better.
The stats paint a Celtic team up against it, but Barcelona very wasteful, whereas Celtic were clinical when they got their chances.
24 attempts from Barcelona to Celtic’s 5, Barca on target with 14 attempts to Celtic’s 4 of which two were converted. Not bad.
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“Shite then, shite noo, shite always” SKY Sports motto.
It’s a wonder they didn’t alter the score line as well to soothe the pain for the watching Sevco muppets.