2019-10-27: Aberdeen 0-4 Celtic, SP

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(TheCelticWiki on Twitter)
Celtic’s week. Late winner in thriller v Lazio
Top of Europa League group
A stylish thrashing of Aberdeen at Pittodrie
Top of Scottish Premiership
Pissed off fascists
Happy days.

Frimpong on his debut goal:
"BEST. FEELING. EVER! Oh my gosh!"
Lenny Oct 2019: “Jeremie is infectious and adds real energy and quality. Him and Jamesie have a great partnership down the right”.

(aldo of KDS)
Great score and performance, and really chuffed for Wee Pongo. Bizarre to see an Aberdeen side at home not try to bam up a slightly bulit young defender. Turned out to be not much more of a test for him than his other outings but he got in about it when needed. Not so surprising our goals dried up after Aberdeen reverted to type and played dirty, with Beaton's blessing.

Think Bayo's a player. His match sense looks alright: he can spot a pass, moves well and gets in the right positions, it's just that first touch on front of goal that's letting him down, which I suspect is more to do with a lack on confidence and game time. Jamsie had his moments but looked tired again, really hope he and CalMac are rested on Wednesday. Broony and Eddy too, but that's maybe pushing things.

Teams

Aberdeen

• 1Lewis
• 2Logan
• 6Devlin
• 5McKenna
• 4ConsidineBooked at 28mins
• 33Vyner
• 3Leigh
• 21Gallagher Substituted forCampbellat 81'minutes
• 18McLennan Substituted forBrysonat 45'minutes
• 10McGinn Substituted forWilsonat 45'minutes
• 16Cosgrove

Substitutes

7Bryson
8Gleeson
11Hedges
20Cerny
24Campbell
25Anderson
28Wilson

Celtic

• 67Forster
• 30Frimpong
• 2Jullien Substituted forBittonat 45'minutes
• 35Ajer
• 23Bolingoli-Mbombo
• 8Brown
• 42McGregor
• 49Forrest
• 18Rogic
• 27Elyounoussi Substituted forHayesat 81'minutes
• 22Edouard Substituted forBayoat 70'minutes

Substitutes

1Gordon
6Bitton
10Bayo
11Sinclair
13Bauer
15Hayes
33Elhamed

Goals
· Edouard (10' minutes),
· Frimpong (15' minutes),
· Forrest (37' minutes),
· Elyounoussi (45' minutes)

Referee:
John Beaton
Attendance:
15,079

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Possession
Home46%
Away54%

Shots
Home1
Away15

Shots on Target
Home0
Away5

Corners
Home2
Away8

Fouls
Home13
Away8

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Aberdeen 0 – 4 Celtic: First-half domination ensures easy three points for champions
Andrew Smith

Published: 14:45 Sunday 27 October 2019
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/aberdeen-0-4-celtic-first-half-domination-ensures-easy-three-points-for-champions-1-5033861
A twin dynamic framed the flailing Celtic delivered at Pittodrie yesterday. The Scottish champions were ravenous in their bloodlust. Aberdeen, in contrast, were rancid through proving so anemic.

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The Celtic squad celebrate with Jeremie Frimpong after he scores his first Celtic goal. Picture: SNS
The Celtic squad celebrate with Jeremie Frimpong after he scores his first Celtic goal. Picture: SNS

Yet, even if babies have put up greater resistance to being relieved of their candy than Aberdeen could muster as Neil Lennon’s side slammed four past them inside the opening 45 minutes, that should not detract from another stunning showing from the Scottish champions.

Much chatter was given to the potential implications for Celtic of bouncing into so hazardous a fixture on the back of a victory over Lazio on Thursday that had pushed them to their very limits. Ultimately, though, that may actually have played for them. The tempo, intensity and application demanded of them against the Serie A side was what they brought to bear in blowing away Derek McvInnes’ men. Quicksilver in their movement and passing, Aberdeen looked like they were simply bystanders – and they were, with their manager withering about their lack of contact and aggression – because such pace, power and precision reduced them to this lowly status.

Lennon has had many thunderous weeks across five years service as Celtic manager in two spells, but 10 goals in two league routs that bookended an outstanding Europa League success puts this latest period in the highest bracket.

Especially since his judgement calls underpinned an almighty lancing. It could have been considered high risk to make only one unenforced change – Jeremie Frimpong replacing Hatem Abd Elhamed. Not least because a similar strategy had been questioned when they lost at Livingston at the start of the month immediately after a Europa League victory at home to Cluj. Avoiding the same pitfalls may have played its part in a whirlwind start that had them two goals up and cruising inside 15 minutes.

"We played well against Lazio on Thursday but we remembered what happened the last time after a European game when we lost at Livingston,” said Elyounoussi of Celtic’s first away league win in three attempts. “Every team in the league wants to win against Celtic. Every game is tough. Aberdeen had fresh legs and we knew that it would be difficult. The Livingston game was in the back of our heads but we just wanted to win and do our best. We wanted to show a reaction today and that was a professional performance. We carried out our gameplan and executed it well. We scored nice goals and controlled it.”

The fecklessness of Aberdeen – commanding in their 3-0 thumping away to Motherwell only last weekend – was unmistakeable in the 11th minute oponer from Eduoard, that also owed much to his balletic grace. The Frenchman played a one-two with Forrest and simply glided through an Aberdeen backline wherein Mikey Devlin and Scott McKenna left looking like cones on training pitch before he casually slotted into the right-hand corner for a 12th goal of an electric season.

The powerpuff nature of the home side’s attempts to repell their rampant opponents were betrayed again when Frimpong was doubled Celtic’s advantage four minutes later. Driving forward after chesting the ball down wide on the right, he rode a lazy challenge from Niall McGinn before slipping the ball to Eduoard. His cut-back from the byline deflected off Shay Logan and forced a save from Joe Lewis but, despite being sandwiched by the full-back and Scott McKenna, the Dutch teenager was first to react poked the ball over the line.

The pattern continued, Celtic attacking at will, Aberdeen failing to show willing, and the inevitalbe result of more punishment for the home side came with a 28th minute third. Elyounoussi danced his way into the box, tried to turn with foot on the ball and merely held it up for Forrest to nip in and finish. The Norwegian then got his fourth when allowed to chest down and hook and stinging drive high in the net from the edge of the six-yard box.

Aberdeen, who allowed Kristoffer Ajer the freedom of Pittodrie to maurade forward at will, somehow escaped further humiliation, but as eggregious as any element to a home support in ferment was that their team did not produce one single effort on target.

On the back of a 5-0 mauling at Ibrox, the inability to compete yesterday must be a troubling sign to McInnes that his team is experiencing a serious regression. It may not have helped that he was without ball-winner Lewis Ferguson yesterday through suspension, but there are no mitigating circumstances for a meekness that condemned them to a seven straight defeat against Celtic at Pittodrie, and their heaviest losss in the fixture at their home ground since a 5-1 in 2008.

“We know that if we play well and Celtic are at their best, we can lose but I don’t expect to lose like this,” said the exasperated Aberdeen manager. “All week I’ve expected us to be far better than we were but from 2-0 the game was done and the confidence was gone. The biggest issue for me was a lack of contact, a lack of tackles, a lack of determination.”

BBC

Celtic produced their biggest win at Pittodrie in 11 years as they swept Aberdeen aside in a ruthless Scottish Premiership victory.
Not since a 5-1 rout in February 2008 had Aberdeen lost so heavily to the Parkhead side on their own patch.
Neil Lennon's men were 4-0 up by half-time through goals from Odsonne Edouard, Jeremie Frimpong, James Forrest and Mohamed Elyounoussi.
And Aberdeen offered no fightback as Celtic strolled to the three points.
Following Celtic's win and Rangers' victory over Motherwell, Lennon's side remain top of the table on goal difference, three ahead of Rangers.
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Devastating Celtic blitz dire Dons

This season has been a testing one already for Aberdeen fans. Early European and League Cup exits, and league form which has them adrift of the summit was not in the pre-season script.
They needed a big performance and result to spark their season, and they got it against Motherwell the previous weekend. Now the question was could they follow that up with another one against a Celtic side who had little problem winning at home, but had dropped points away to Hibernian and Livingston in recent games.
Instead, Celtic were as devastating as they have ever been in the north-east.
After just 10 minutes, Edouard took Michael Devlin on a 20-yard run, played a one-two, and drifted into the box. As the defence stood off the Frenchman, he picked a spot and glided the ball into the bottom corner beyond goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
Then 18-year-old Frimpong raced from a right-back position to knock in Edouard's cross to make it 2-0 just moments later.
Aberdeen looked bewildered. Red shirts stood and watched as Celtic toyed with them, tapping the ball about in a series of one-touch passes before Forrest could have walked the ball into the net for the third.
By the time Elyounoussi got on the wrong side of Devlin to volley in a fourth just before the break, Dons fans had already started streaming for the exits.
Celtic had played Lazio three days earlier yet by the minute appeared to grow stronger. The pattern of the first half carried on long into the second half as Celtic continued to go forward.
If there was a criticism to be made of the visitors it was that they were wasteful. Frimpong and Tom Rogic shot over when they had time and space to pick their spot. Forrest tried to take on too many red shirts in the box when the opportunity to test the goalkeeper was there.
But it is still 10 goals in two league games for Celtic as the champions made yet another statement, and won on their Premiership travels for the first time in three games.

Man of the match – Jeremie Frimpong

BBC Scotland's Alasdair Lamont at Pittodrie
There were so many contenders in green and white, but oddly enough the two main candidates were ostensibly defenders.
Kristoffer Ajer, however, spent most of his afternoon in the opposition's final third, marauding forward unchecked at every opportunity to add to Celtic's attacking threat.
As good as he was, the young full-back Frimpong edges it. His goal was just reward for his overall contribution, driving down the right to give Andrew Considine nightmares, but also doing any defending he had to do with a maturity that belied his teenage years.
The deadline-day signing from Manchester City looks an astute long-term investment but also, in the short-term, a valuable addition to Lennon's squad.