WHAT. A. NIGHT.
From the stands to the touchline to the men on the pitch, EVERYONE played their part last night in the methodical taking apart on FC Astana who crumbled under the wall of noise around Celtic Park.
The tone was set from the get-go when the returning green brigade unfurled, perhaps, my favourite ever banner they’ve done with a Conor McGregor tribute with the words ‘We’re not here to take part, we’re here to take over’ and how fitting was that!
Celtic didn’t come out all guns blazing like many would’ve wanted them to, they felt their way into the game – patiently waiting for the opening that would unlock a resolute Astana side.
Inevitably, Tom Rogic took it upon himself to drive at opposition defence and fired a shot across goal that was helped in by Postnikov. It went down as an own goal, but we’re still giving it to big Tam!
After that, Celtic never looked back. A double from Sinclair each side of half time, a neat Forrest finish and a cheeky deflected Griffiths shot completed a rout that will live long in the memory.
Celtic fans like myself will tell you; we don’t tend to do big scorelines in Champions League qualifiers and make it as nervy as possible at times. What we saw last night was the culmination of a year’s hard work exploding onto the Euro stage.
Celtic now go to Astana virtually guaranteed to be in the pot next week for the Champions League group stage – it’s a slightly unnerving feeling.
May I add, this was all done without Moussa Dembele and a centre midfielder playing in the heart of the defence. It really is quite extraordinary.
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if only you were the bookie as i had big tam to score the first goal
Last night was jist gid
This is how it feels to be Celtic!
Hail Hail ☘️
Is right!! It feels that un-nerving being this far ahead in Europe that the lunatic part of my brain tries to keep telling the logical part that there’s no way this over.. Lol. That is indeed what it means to be Celtic!!
So proud of my team. 58 yrars Ive been following Celtic. Last night every fan got behind the ream. Good to see the Green Brigade back HH
Celtic were phenomenal last night .. what a performance.. im going to stick my neck out and say that ntcham is going to be as good as kante .. he was like 2 players .. if we play like that we should be fearing no one .. Brown was fantastic Sinclair back to front we were brilliant rogic should be starting every game .. I feel so happy the day .. the team the fans everything .. I love Celtic and it’s great being a tim
Fantastic result and performance. Ntcham was outstanding.
Weak and overly fussy refereeing spoiled the flow with at least one red card merited for Astana.
Still need to play the game more in the opponent’s half rather than the unnecessarily risky “chuckle vision” nonsense in and around our own 18 yard box.