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Celtic’s derby defeat had been coming. It was sadly predictable


It was an opportunity to redress an unconvincing start to the season, to dispel a gnawing unease about the absence of cohesion and creativity that underpinned Celtic’s performances so far in 2020-21, if not the generally positive results. Such an opportunity was not taken, and instead the game confirmed the malaise drifting over the club.

This didn’t happen out of the blue. This wasn’t unexpected. It’s just the underlying performances of Celtic’s 2020-21 reaching their logical endpoint.

When the line-up dropped at 11:15am it was hard to escape a twinge of apprehension. The most glaring decision was at the back. Celtic were without three centre-backs and in calling upon 20-year-old Stephen Welsh for only his second-ever senior appearance to fill in the back three alongside Kristoffer Ajer and Shane Duffy, the management clearly opted for formation over personnel.

Rather than revert to a back four to adjust to half of the…





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