2016-05-08: Celtic 3-2 Aberdeen, SP

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Trivia

• Celtic win the SP league title. Five in-a-Row

• Roberts the man scoring a double, but Aberdeen despite being 3-0 down at one point should have won a point!
• Liverpools Hillsborough Justice For Truth committee given standing ovation at the match, with banner parade.
• Celtic have confirmed that they will convert a section of Parkhead to safe standing for next season.
• The Scottish Premiership club were granted permission to introduce the scheme last summer and it is expected that the rail seating area section will accommodate up to 2,600 supporters.
• Scott Brown launched a attack on former Parkhead player Andy Walker. Walker, a pundit for Sky Sports, has been a regular critic of Ronny Deila’s side this season, branding them “dull and uninspiring” and calling for Deila to be sacked in February following Celtic’s second loss of the season to Aberdeen. Brown: “At the end of the day people are going to criticise. Andy Walker is one that goes out there and manages to do it, but he’s never had a manager’s job or knows what it’s like to be coming in here day in, day out. He’s pretty much a poor man’s Gary Neville [a pundit on Sky Sports for the English game]. It’s every day, he does my f*****g box in.”
• Scott Brown to end season after this game to help recuperate after injuries this season (Tendonitis in both hamstrings).
• Leigh Griffiths has been named the Professional Footballer’s Association of Scotland Player of the Year. Team-mate Kieran Tierney won the Young Player of the Year award.
• Celtic have announced a bumper tie-up with Dafabet, which will see the betting firm become the club’s main sponsor from the start of the 2016/17 campaign. Not all impressed with this.
• Celtic to launch Belfast academy at Cliftonville.
• Brendan Rodgers has revealed that he wishes to get back into management this summer, and has said that Celtic is an “incredible club” which many in his family support.
• Ciftci, who is currently on loan at Turkish Super Liga side Eskisehirspor, has one had assist and three goals in nine games since joining the Turkish side.
• Dundee Utd relegated to second tier.
• Daily Record reports that a family member complained about insensivity of Celtic bringing back terraces only a week after recent events, but then JFT committee come out and state they’ve no issue with terraces per se. So looks like smeer tactic. Daily Record have to retract the article next day and apologise for their error.
• CGS hold a service at the site of the original Celtic Park ground before the match.
  

Review

(fatboab of KDS)
Deilas entire Celtic career in microcosm. Great for an hour , pish for half an hour and looking tired all over the pitch late in the game.
Two great goals from Paddy to set the game alight, and coasting after the third, then stupidity took over. In a game we should have won by 5 or more, Mc Innes probably thinks his team deserved to get something.
I’m so glad Deila is gone. I couldn’t take much more of this lack of management

(Winds… of KDS)
That was Ronny “Jekyll & Hyde” Deila’s Celtic right there on show today – no doubt about it.

Winning a title never gets old, especially if you are old enough to remember the hunfest of the early to mid-nineties, and we won this one 12 points clear of our nearest rivals with 2 games still to play. As mediocre as we have played at times this season – and we have – we still had far too much for the rest of them.

In total control in the first half with well taken goals from Roberts, when we scored early in the second half I thought, here we go, get 5 or 6 and rub that bitter wee carrots face in it, then suddenly, out of nowhere Efe does what he normally does, gives the ball away to give the sheep a golden chance, they missed it but the damage was done. Biton & McGregor then start giving the ball away, the sheep score and the entire team loses its collective bottle. Final score 3-2

RD’s tenure to a T.

We move on to a new era, hopefully we get the managerial appointment bang on, we need a leader, a motivator & a winner. Someone who can handle the size of the job and the size of the expectations who can also work on a relative shoe-string. The only worry is the chancers currently infesting the boardroom will be “leading” the search.

We simply cannot afford to get it wrong again if we want to continue to enjoy racking up the titles.

Interesting times to come!!

Teams
Celtic

1 Gordon
23 Lustig Booked at 17minsSubstituted for Janko at 73’minutes
28 Sviatchenko
21 MulgrewSubstituted for Ambrose at 45’minutes Booked at 63mins
63 Tierney
6 Bitton
42 McGregor
27 Roberts
18 RogicSubstituted for Johansen at 82’minutes
14 Armstrong
9 Griffiths

Substitutes
3 Izaguirre
4 Ambrose
17 Christie
19 Allan
22 Janko
25 Johansen
26 Bailly

Goals

• Roberts (7′ minutes, 20′ minutes),
• Lustig (49′ minutes)

Aberdeen
19Collin
2Logan Booked at 40mins
4Considine
5Taylor Booked at 61mins
3Shinnie
8Flood Booked at 50minsSubstituted for Robson at 79’minutes
22Jack
10McGinn
7McLean
11Hayes
18ChurchSubstituted for Reynolds at 42’minutes

Substitutes
6Reynolds
15Robson
20Brown
23Storie
26McKenna
27Wright
41Nuttall
Goals

• McGinn (57′ minutes),
• Considine (64′ minutes)
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Referee:Bobby Madden
Attendance:47,877

Articles

• Match Report (see end of page below)

Pictures

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Forum

• Pre-match http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/topic/9290754/
• Match http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/topic/9286617/
• Post Match http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/topic/9290765/

MOTM

• Voting Thread http://kerrydalestreet.co.uk/topic/9290767/
• Result Thread
• Winner –

Stats

Celtic Aberdeen
Possession
Home 49%
Away 51%
Shots
Home 16
Away9
Shots on Target
Home 5
Away 6
Corners
Home 4
Away 3
Fouls
Home 11 Away 13

Articles

Celtic win five in a row with victory over Aberdeeen

By
STEPHEN HALLIDAY

Published: 16:00 Sunday 08 May 2016

Celtic scorers: Roberts 7 21, Lustig 49
Aberdeen scorers: McGinn 58, Considine 64

In a manner entirely in keeping with Ronny Deila’s tenure as manager, Celtic officially clinched the Scottish Premiership title with a performance which managed to make a straightforward task appear needlessly complicated.
Deila’s team were cruising to victory against closest challengers Aberdeen as they led 3-0 through two first-half goals from Patrick Roberts and an early Mikael Lustig strike in the second half.
Celtic’s Partick Roberts celebrates after making it 1-0. Picture: SNS
Celtic’s Partick Roberts celebrates after making it 1-0. Picture: SNS

In terms of asserting their status as Scotland’s pre-eminent club for a fifth consecutive season, Celtic could hardly have been more dominant at that stage of an afternoon witnessed by one their healthiest home crowds of the season.
But a late second-half slump, to which the introduction of substitute Efe Ambrose in defence contributed significantly, saw Aberdeen hit back with goals from Niall McGinn and Andrew Considine to leave Celtic hanging on grimly for all three points in the end.
For Derek McInnes and his players, coming up just short against Celtic on the day also neatly summed up their efforts over the past two years when they have been the only team to post a remotely credible title challenge.
Any hopes Aberdeen had of further delaying Celtic’s formal confirmation as champions this time around required them to win a league game at Parkhead for the first time since 2004. That prospect was rendered even more unlikely by Roberts’ eye-catching first-half double.

The visitors made a bright enough start, McGinn passing up a glorious opportunity to give them the lead in the fifth minute. Picked out by a perfect cross from the left from Jonny Hayes, McGinn was left with only Craig Gordon to beat from close range but could only clumsily skew a volley wide of target.
That initial threat from Aberdeen proved to be a misleading suggestion of what was to come in the rest of an opening 45 minutes which saw Celtic playing with a panache and freedom in sharp contrast to so many of their laboured and uncertain performances this season.
Two minutes after McGinn’s miss, Roberts put the hosts in front with a stunning strike. The young winger, as he invariably does, cut in from the right on his left foot. If it is a move which is predictable, halting him is another matter.
It proved beyond the Aberdeen defence on this occasion as they stood off him fatally, presenting him with the time and space to bend a superb left foot shot beyond Adam Collin’s right hand into the corner of the net. Named Premiership Player of the Month for April last week, Roberts brings no shortage of enterprise and entertainment to the party. The Celtic fans rose to acclaim him again when he doubled the lead in the 21st minute.

Leigh Griffiths was the creator with a neat reverse pass which completely wrong-footed both Ash Taylor and Graeme Shinnie and found Roberts in space on the right side of the penalty area. With admirable composure, he swept another unerring left foot shot past Collin.
Aberdeen, already without injured top scorer Adam Rooney, were forced into a change just before the interval when on-loan Welsh striker Simon Church limped off. He was replaced by defender Mark Reynolds as Hayes was moved into a more central attacking role.
Celtic appeared in the mood to try and emphasise their superiority and the prospect of a heavy defeat for Aberdeen loomed large when the champions made it 3-0 four minutes into the second half.
Callum McGregor, enjoying a fine late-season burst of form in recent weeks, engineered space for himself on the right before cutting the ball back into the path of Mikael Lustig, who cracked home a firm right-foot shot from around 12 yards.
Picture: SNS
Picture: SNS

But the introduction of Ambrose for the injured Charlie Mulgrew at the start of the second half quickly brought uncertainty and slackness to the Celtic defence. It was sensed and seized upon by Aberdeen who suddenly found themselves regularly on the front foot.
An Ambrose error sent Hayes clear through on goal, only for the Irish international to be denied by a smart save from Gordon.
But the Celtic ‘keeper was helpless to prevent Aberdeen pulling their first goal back in the 58th minute. Hayes’ pace was too hot for Ambrose & Co to handle once again and he squared the ball for the unmarked McGinn to slot a low shot beyond Gordon.
Griffiths should have restored Celtic’s two-goal advantage when he was picked out by a Roberts cutback, only to drag an uncharacteristically tame shot wide.
Shortly afterwards, it was very much game on when Aberdeen reduced the arrears to 3-2. Ambrose was booked for a clumsy foul on Shinnie in a dangerous position on the left. McGinn curled the free-kick into the area for Considine to rise highest and head home from close range.
Shay Logan should have equalised when he headed wide from a couple of yards out and Celtic survived a couple more frantic scrambles in their penalty area before seeing out the win which allowed them to cross the Premiership finishing line on a positive note.
Referee: B Madden
Attendance: 47,877
CELTIC: Gordon, Lustig (Janko 73), Sviatchenko, Mulgrew (Ambrose 46), Tierney; McGregor, Bitton; Roberts, Rogic (Johansen 82), Armstrong; Griffiths. Subs not used: Bailly, Izaguirre, Christie, Allan.
ABERDEEN: Collin, Logan, Considine, Taylor, Shinnie; Flood (Robson 79), Jack; McLean, McGinn, Hayes; Church (Reynolds 42). Subs not used: Brown, Storie, McKenna, Wright, Nuttall.
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BBC
By Alasdair Lamont
Patrick Roberts scores for Celtic against Aberdeen

Patrick Roberts’ stunning opener set Celtic on their way to victory

Celtic sealed a fifth successive league title but only after a second-half scare from their closest challengers.

Their triumph was already an inevitability, but the celebrations began in earnest as Patrick Roberts scored two fine early goals.

Aberdeen, who offered a stout challenge all season, looked dead and buried when Mikael Lustig scored after the break.
But quickfire goals from Niall McGinn and Andrew Considine took some of the gloss off the title party.

Champions profit from high-tempo opening

Celtic may have lost just three league games on their way to this latest triumph but manager Ronny Deila is departing in the summer.

The Norwegian cannot match the points tally from his debut season and this victory illustrated an inconsistency that has dogged his side throughout his second campaign.

The champions were irresistible in the first half but disjointed after the interval as Aberdeen ate into their lead.

Celtic manager Ronny Deila and Scott Brown

Innjured captain Scott Brown (right) celebrates with his manager after the final whistle

The Dons – runners-up for a second year running – knew even a first league victory at Celtic Park since 2004 would have no bearing on the destination of the Premiership trophy since they trailed by nine points and a huge goal difference margin with three games to play.

Photo gallery: How Celtic won a fifth straight title

Feature: Celtic reflect on another title triumph

But Derek McInnes was determined to beat Celtic for a third time this season, to reaffirm his belief that they have narrowed the gap.

Celtic captain Scott Brown joins the post-match celebrations

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Highlights – Celtic 3-2 Aberdeen

Had Niall McGinn not directed a shot wide from point-blank range inside the opening five minutes, they may have had a chance of doing so. As it was, Celtic went on to be utterly dominant in the first period.

Roberts – the teenage winger on loan from Manchester City – again showed why the English club paid £12m for his services, as he darted in off the right touchline, away from Graeme Shinnie and found the top corner with a ferocious strike from 25 yards.

Aberdeen were sitting too far off their opponents, who looked hungry to secure the championship in style, and allowed Leigh Griffiths time and space to pick out Roberts inside the box. This time the youngster curled inside the far post.

The third goal was every bit as impressive. Callum McGregor did brilliantly to trick his way past Shinnie and his cutback was swept into the net by Lustig.

The atmosphere inside a packed Celtic Park was joyous, with the team looking every bit like the best team in the land.

Spirited Dons reply

But as has been the case on several occasions on Deila’s watch, Celtic’s concentration slipped and after a couple of warnings, Aberdeen got a foothold in the game when Jonny Hayes provided McGinn with the chance to slide the ball past Craig Gordon.

That was compounded seven minutes later when McGinn’s free-kick was headed emphatically past the keeper by Considine.

Andy Considine scores for Aberdeen against Celtic

Considine (centre) brought Aberdeen back to within a goal of Celtic

Shay Logan missed the best chance Aberdeen had to equalise when he headed wide from only a few yards as Celtic held on to move 12 points clear at the top of the league.

All sense of anti-climax vanished at full-time as the stadium broke into rapturous applause and the players basked in the glory of the club’s 47th league title.

Match ends, Celtic 3, Aberdeen 2.
Full Time

90’+4′
Second Half ends, Celtic 3, Aberdeen 2.

90’+3′
Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

90’+2′
Attempt missed. Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.

90’+1′
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Patrick Roberts.

90′
Attempt blocked. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

86′
Foul by Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen).

86′
Erik Sviatchenko (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

85′
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Andrew Considine.
Substitution

82′
Substitution, Celtic. Stefan Johansen replaces Tomas Rogic.

82′
Barry Robson (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

82′
Foul by Tomas Rogic (Celtic).
Substitution

79′
Substitution, Aberdeen. Barry Robson replaces Willo Flood.

79′
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Nir Bitton.

76′
Attempt missed. Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.

75′
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

75′
Foul by Saidy Janko (Celtic).

75′
Foul by Willo Flood (Aberdeen).

75′
Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.

74′
Foul by Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen).

74′
Saidy Janko (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution

73′
Substitution, Celtic. Saidy Janko replaces Mikael Lustig because of an injury.

73′
Attempt missed. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.

69′
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Adam Collin.

69′
Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.

68′
Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

68′
Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).

67′
Attempt saved. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal!

64′
Goal! Celtic 3, Aberdeen 2. Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Niall McGinn following a set piece situation.
Booking

63′
Efe Ambrose (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

63′
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

63′
Foul by Efe Ambrose (Celtic).

63′
Attempt missed. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Booking

61′
Ash Taylor (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

61′
Foul by Ash Taylor (Aberdeen).

61′
Nir Bitton (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

60′
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

60′
Foul by Mikael Lustig (Celtic).
Goal!

57′
Goal! Celtic 3, Aberdeen 1. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonny Hayes.

57′
Attempt saved. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

55′
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko.

54′
Attempt saved. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.

53′
Attempt blocked. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

53′
Foul by Niall McGinn (Aberdeen).

53′
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

52′
Attempt blocked. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

51′
Foul by Willo Flood (Aberdeen).

51′
Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking

50′
Willo Flood (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

50′
Foul by Willo Flood (Aberdeen).

50′
Nir Bitton (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!

49′
Goal! Celtic 3, Aberdeen 0. Mikael Lustig (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Callum McGregor.

47′
Attempt missed. Nir Bitton (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.

46′
Foul by Ash Taylor (Aberdeen).

46′
Patrick Roberts (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Second Half

Second Half begins Celtic 2, Aberdeen 0.
Substitution

45′
Substitution, Celtic. Efe Ambrose replaces Charlie Mulgrew because of an injury.
Half Time

45’+2′
First Half ends, Celtic 2, Aberdeen 0.

45′
Attempt missed. Mikael Lustig (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.

44′
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Andrew Considine.

43′
Andrew Considine (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

43′
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).

43′
Attempt blocked. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution

42′
Substitution, Aberdeen. Mark Reynolds replaces Simon Church.

42′
Foul by Kenny McLean (Aberdeen).

42′
Nir Bitton (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Booking

40′
Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

40′
Foul by Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen).

40′
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.

39′
Foul by Kenny McLean (Aberdeen).

39′
Patrick Roberts (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

37′
Attempt saved. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

37′
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.

37′
Foul by Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic).

32′
Foul by Simon Church (Aberdeen).

32′
Kieran Tierney (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.

31′
Attempt missed. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses the top left corner.

30′
Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

29′
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

29′
Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).

27′
Willo Flood (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

27′
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Goal!

20′
Goal! Celtic 2, Aberdeen 0. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leigh Griffiths.
Booking

17′
Mikael Lustig (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

17′
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.

17′
Foul by Mikael Lustig (Celtic).

10′
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Ash Taylor.

10′
Attempt blocked. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

8′
Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.

8′
Foul by Kieran Tierney (Celtic).
Goal!

7′
Goal! Celtic 1, Aberdeen 0. Patrick Roberts (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Erik Sviatchenko.

5′
Attempt missed. Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.

2′
Patrick Roberts (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

2′
Foul by Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen).
Kick Off

First Half begins.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.