2020-11-08: Motherwell 1-4 Celtic, SP

Match Pictures | Matches: 2020 – 2021

Trivia

Kick-off: 12pm
Poppy Season starts again, usual nonsense expected.
Lennon under the cosh following disastrous run in notable games of late. Every game turned into a must-win game.
Elyounoussi bags hat-trick as he and Celtic answer critics. Paul Lambert has accused Moi Elyounoussi of “letting the great Jock Stein down” after the Norwegian international was caught on his phone during Celtic’s shock Europa League defeat to Sparta Prague.
Brutal challenge on Frimpong almost broke his leg! Caught high on the knee by a reckless studs-up challenge from Devante Cole that earned just a yellow card. To be assessed for possible ankle ligament damage the next day.
Celtic defence still not convincing, and another goal lost from a set-piece! Could have been two lost from set-pieces.
Neil Lennon has revealed details of a crisis meeting with his squad on Saturday morning to clear the air following their Europa League humiliation against Sparta Prague.
Former Celtic striker Frank McAvennie believes his old club could bring in another goalkeeper in January to replace Vasilis Barkas. Premature, and unfair.
Ex-Celt Paul Lambert: “the hysteria around Celtic’s dip in form and pursuit of 10-in-a-row is over the top”.
US: Presidential elections are over after very dramatic week. Joe Biden/Democrats won over incumbent Republican/Donald Trump. Joe Biden is of Irish Catholic descent and is a devoutly practicing Catholic, and his codename is ‘Celtic’! Kamala Harris (the VP) is the first female & ethnic minority (Black & Asian) descent person to hold the position. History made.
International Break next week, totally unwanted by many in Celtic support, and should be scrapped due to the COVID crisis.
Report: Husein Balic, a lightning-quick Austrian winger who was a target of Celtic this summer, is drawing interest from Southampton and Brentfords
Chris Sutton has tipped Brendan Rodgers to take over at Manchester City next summer if the Etihad club fail to agree a new contract with Pep Guardiola, whose deal expires at the end of the current campaign.

Summary

After all the criticism (no matter how justified), credit to Lennon for today. Some issues but can’t argue with 4-1 win after all the difficulties of late.

AP on Twitter: Usual 2nd half defensive frailties showing. Even without Duffy. Whatever the problems are we are allowing too many chances to all levels of team. Still look so disjointed and play too far apart at times

Phil Gordon (Journo): It shouldn’t need James McFadden to confirm this, but at least it removes any bias when he says Devante Cole’s tackle on Jeremy Frimpong was a red card. It was a red all day long.

Neil Lennon: “Moi was excellent. He’s a quality player. Just need more consistency from him but he’s quality”.

(Jimmy Mac of KDS)

In any other season, a 4-1 win away from home after a European match would have been a great result. For me it is spoiled as the defensive frailness is still there and the performance was only in patches. I really wanted to see a 90 minute dominant performance.

Going forward we looked sharper and out with the 4 goals, there were a few nearly moments that could have led to more goals. The players looked “hungry” to win and chased balls and won back possession (a fair few times after slack play). So no commitment issues today. Rogic was sublime at times and Moi showed a commitment and energy that has been lacking. Hats off to him as it showed he was wanting to make amends following the incident on Thursday. Laxalt is a stand out in terms of quality, I just wish he wouldn’t vacate his position so often.

Worryingly, we had a 25 minute spell, straight after half time, where we looked flat on our feet. Whether it was the fragile confidence or fitness, Lennon waited far too long to change things around and we were lucky not to concede more goals. At other points in the game, we relied on individuals putting last ditch blocks / tackles which against Motherwell is alarming.

The jury is still well and truly out at the moment.

(The Shamrock on Twitter):

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4 penalties for The Rangers in one game

No red cards for Celtic opponents

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Teams

Celtic

29Bain
30Frimpong Substituted forElhamedat 70’minutes
6Bitton
35Ajer Substituted forDuffyat 78’minutes
93Laxalt
8Brown
42McGregor
17Christie
18Rogic Substituted forNtchamat 84’minutes
27Elyounoussi
10Ajeti Substituted forEdouardat 71’minutes

Substitutes

1Barkas
3Taylor
4Duffy
9Griffiths
11Klimala
14Turnbull
21Ntcham
22Edouard
44Elhamed

Goals: Elyounoussi (8′ minutes, 27′ minutes, 76′ minutes), Ntcham (86′ minutes)

Assists: Rogic (27′ minutes), Elhamed (76′ minutes), Edouard (86′ minutes)

Motherwell

34Chapman
33O’Donnell
7O’Hara
31Gallagher
5McGinley
6Campbell
15MaguireBooked at 43mins Substituted forCrawfordat 71’minutes
19Polworth
29Lang
32WattBooked at 81mins Substituted forWhiteat 81’minutes
44ColeBooked at 53mins Substituted forLongat 71’minutes

Substitutes

2Grimshaw
8Crawford
9White
11Hastie
13Archer
24Devine
26Cornelius
27Johnston
99Long

Goals:

Gallagher (72′ minutes)

Assists:

Polworth (72′ minutes)

Ref: Andrew Dallas

Att: None – Covid

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Stats

Motherwell

Celtic

Possession

Home36%

Away64%

Shots

Home14

Away21

Shots on Target

Home3

Away6

Corners

Home6

Away5

Fouls

Home8

Away11

Articles

Celtic dampen the noise around Neil Lennon as 4-1 victory at Motherwell earns breathing space

There will be no-one at Celtic fooled into thinking a, relatively, straightforward 4-1 victory at Motherwell is a panacea for all the Scottish champions’ ills.

By Andrew Smith

Sunday, 8th November 2020, 6:00 pm

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/celtic-dampen-noise-around-neil-lennon-4-1-victory-motherwell-earns-breathing-space-3029240

Crucially, though, a victory underpinned by a Mohamed Elyounoussi hat-trick affords what Neil Lennon and his team needs most: some breathing space. It buys him time to remedy the maladies that have afflicted his team for so much of this season without dealing with an ever-more deafening chorus calling him out.

Going into the international break, had Lennon’s team failed to claim only a second win in seven games, there would have been fears about the impact of the decibel levels from the increasing ranks of the discontented. Ultimately, Celtic did so with a bit to spare, even allowing for once again displaying jitteriness in a defence that did not feature Shane Duffy from the first whistle.

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There was the drive, aggression and attacking elan that put the display in a different stratosphere from the shambolic and soulless performance that resulted in a 4-1 thumping from Sparta Prague on Thursday. Lennon maintained he got the basics of hunger, humility and application that were posted missing in the horrendous Europa League encounter. It is hard to argue with the assessment, even if there were dips and dodgy moments. Some among the Celtic faithful have hardened their hearts against Lennon, though, that they will still find plenty to fault.

Mohamed Elyounoussi’s stunning header delivers the clinching third goal for Celtic in their 4-1 victory at Motherwell (Photo by Craig Foy / SNS Group)

Elyounoussi rings thrice

Celtc cyberspace was pinging with quips that Elyounoussi couldn’t be accused of phoning it in at Fir Park, after being embroiled in mobilegate this week. It wasn’t a good look for him to be pictured on his device in the stand following his substitution on Thursday, but the reaction to it was hugely over the top.

The on-loan Southampton attacker’s triple takes his tally for this campaign to 11 goals and places him firmly out in front as the club’s top scorer. The movement and impetus he provides in the final third, allied to the vision and weaving of Tom Rogic, certainly supplied Celtic with oil to fire up the final-third fluency that has proved elusive too often of late.

The Norwegian said he was determined to show following his phone error that his attitude and commitment did not warrant being questioned. He certainly made good on that aim in demonstrating his appetite for the fray within eight minutes, when he pounced in lethal fashion to drill the ball in after a shot on the turn from Albian Ajeti had rebounded off the inside of the post. His second, to make it 2-0 on the half hour mark, was all about Rogic’s lovely footwork with the Australian skipping round three men on the right hand byline and delivering a perfectly-weighted cutback that Elyounoussi stroked into the far corner.

The 76th minute response to Motherwell pulling a goal back four minutes earlier that allowed Elyounoussi to walk away with the matchball, showed the forward’s versatility. A slight figure, there was force and finesse in his snapping neck muscles to head in a Hatem Abd Elhamed delivery from the right. It ensured there would be no comeback from the home side, late replacement Oliver Ntcham picking his spot for an 84th minute fourth goal after Elyounoussi and fellow substitute Odsonne Edouard opened the home side up down the left.

The Duffy difference

It would be easy to overstate the impact of Duffy’s omission from the starting line-up at Fir Park. With Krisoffer Ajer partnering Nir Bitton at the heart of defence before a recurrence of the Norwegian’s recent groin problem forced Duffy to replace him late on, Celtic still betrayed a vulnerability from balls into the box.

As Motherwell applied pressure in the second period, some of their penalty area defending was harem-scarem. And it was no surprise when Declan Gallagher drifted in a header from a free-kick to make it 2-1 in 72 minutes, which crept past Scott Bain at the right-hand post. No trust can be placed in Celtic’s defensive unit, and that will remain a worry for Lennon.

Battling Brown

Celtic captain Scott Brown, like his manager, has been scapegoated to a ridiculous degree for the Parkhead side’s shortcomings in the past three months. He has even been accused of dragging down his deep-lying midfielder partner Callum McGregor. The strong showing from Brown at Fir Park, where he was forceful and snapping into challenges, could be perceived as riposte to his detractors. The 35-year-old has not hit the heights of previous seasons, but that could be said of practically all around him in Celtic colours.

Indeed, that McGregor once more didn’t get a grip on proceedings that would have previously been a given for a performer of his undoubted talents, could be construed as significant. The Scotland international looks like a man who has struggled to peak regularly on the back of three seasons where he has played so much football. He just looks as if he might be overplayed right now, but with huge fixtures coming up for Steve Clarke’s Scotland side in the coming week, particularly the Euro 2020 play-off in Serbia on Thursday, the likelihood of further mental and physical fatigue may prove unavoidable.

Motherwell; Chapman; O’Donnell, O’Hara, Gallagher, McGinley; Campbell, Maguire (Crawford 71), Polworth ; Lang, Watt (White 81), Cole (Long 71). Subs: Grimshaw, Hastie, Archer, Devine, Cornelius, Johnston.

Celtic: Bain; Frimpong (Elhamed 70), Bitton, Ajer (Duffy 78), Laxalt; Brown, McGregor; Christie, Rogic (Ntcham 84), Elyounoussi; Ajeti (Edouard 70). Subs: Barkas, Taylor, Griffiths, Klimala.

Celtic star Moi Elyounoussi let ‘Jock Stein down’ by being on his phone, blasts Paul Lambert

By Aidan Smith @SmithAidan1 Sports Writer

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/18854714.celtic-star-moi-elyounoussi-let-jock-stein-down-phone-blasts-paul-lambert/

Celtic star Moi Elyounoussi let ‘Jock Stein down’ by being on his phone, blasts Paul Lambert

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Paul Lambert has accused Moi Elyounoussi of “letting the great Jock Stein down” after the Norwegian international was caught on his phone during Celtic’s shock Europa League defeat to Sparta Prague.

The Hoops fell to a 4-1 loss at Parkhead on Thursday and during the late stages of the match the BT Sport cameras caught Elyounoussi on his mobile.

The 26-year-old has since apologised saying: “First of all, this is unacceptable from me.

“I have talked to both the coach and the captain and the case is dead between us.

“The phone is just out of pocket. I have warnings from Milan-Lille, the second match in our group, and I just wanted to check the result in that match.

“In any case, it is stupid of me to put myself in that situation. I lie down and take the punishment I’ll now possibly get.”

But Hoops hero Lambert believes the damage has already been done.

He told BBC Sportsound: “If you don’t change the players, sometimes they will change you.

“There’s something obviously wrong if Neil said that [about changing the culture].

“We played in an era where we were very strong.

“I look at the lad Elyounoussi on his phone and you are letting the great Jock Stein down, you are letting the Lisbon Lions down.

“That will absolutely rile him, because I know the way Lenny was as a player.

“You are letting your team-mates down, they are out there getting a chasing.

“You have to get the ones out who you think are going to let you down.

“I don’t know all the Celtic guys, I only know Scott Brown, the lad [Callum] McGregor, the good guys who will run through a wall for you.

“But if they are not, then you have to move them on.

“If that is the case he has to move them, or they will change you.

“The football club is too big to accept that, they don’t have a divine right to win everything.

“If there are factions and disharmony in a dressing room then it is a really dangerous thing.”

BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54766671

By Clive LindsayBBC Sport Scotland

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Mohamed Elyounoussi scores

Mohamed Elyounoussi has scored 10 goals this season

Mohamed Elyounoussi’s hat-trick helped ease the pressure on himself and second-top Celtic as they brushed aside Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership.

The on-loan Southampton winger had been criticised for being caught on his phone after being substituted in the 4-1 Europa League loss to Sparta Prague.

But two early finishes steadied the ship and his third came after Well’s Declan Gallagher reduced the arrears.

Olivier Ntcham’s late strike ensured a comprehensive win.

Celtic had arrived at Fir Park having won only once in six games and with some fans calling for manager Neil Lennon to be sacked.

But they left with a seventh win in a row against their seventh-placed hosts, who have now not beaten Celtic in 19 meetings, and having narrowed the gap to six points behind Rangers, who host Hamilton Academical in Sunday’s later kick-off.

Reaction & as it happened

Celtic last failed to win three consecutive league games in November 2012 and a repeat would have added further pressure on Lennon and given Rangers even greater hope that they could prevent their city rivals winning a historic 10th league title in a row.

Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson talked confidently ahead of kick-off – and no wonder considering his side had won four of the previous five league games and were seeking a third consecutive victory.

However, they were immediately on the back foot after Liam Polworth hesitated under a Ryan Christie challenge, the ball broke to Albian Ajeti and, when the striker’s shot came off the far post, Elyounoussi was first to react and prod home.

Tom Rogic has also had his critics, but the Australia midfielder looked more like his old self as he thrust into the penalty box before setting up Elyounoussi for an easy finish.

Motherwell will argue that they ought to have been given the chance to level from the penalty spot before that second goal after visiting captain Scott Brown’s clumsy challenge felled striker Callum Lang.

While Ryan Christie and Jeremie Frimpong went close to extending Celtic’s lead, the home side will also point to goalline stops from Diego Laxalt that denied Gallagher and Lang, who then blocked a goal-bound effort from team-mate Tony Watt.

Motherwell, though, were fortunate to finish with 11 men after striker Devante Cole escaped with a yellow card for a studs-first challenge that forced left-back Frimpong off with a thigh injury.

As it was, Gallagher exposed Celtic’s recent set-piece frailty by rising above Nir Bitton to head home to spark a short but nervous four minutes for the visitors before Elyounoussi towered above Stephen O’Donnell to complete a hat-trick that goes some way to answering those who questioned his commitment in midweek.

Man of the match – Mohamed Elyounoussi

Mohamed Elyounoussi is congratulated by Neil Lennon

Mohamed Elyounoussi’s clinical finishes delighted manager Neil Lennon

What did we learn?

The gap in class between Celtic and their hosts showed in the end, but Lennon’s side were a penalty claim and a couple of narrow escapes in defence away from a nervous finish.

Lennon had dropped Shane Duffy, the on-loan Brighton & Hove Albion centre-half, along with striker Odsonne Edouard, who has still to recover fully from a bout of Covid-19, but defensively his side still looked vulnerable at the back and there is room for improvement before the mini-crisis at Celtic Park subsides.

Especially so considering Motherwell’s manager Robinson has still to devise a gameplan capable of stopping Celtic scoring against his team.

Having started the day with the chance to move into fifth spot with victory, they end it having lost 25 goals in seven meetings with Celtic and with their recent revival coming to an abrupt and painful halt.

What did they say?

Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson: “I don’t think I’ve ever had as many chances against Celtic.

“We had a penalty appeal and two cleared off the line. There was a lot of good, positive stuff, but individual errors have cost us today. It’s a hard one to take, but if we play like that against other sides, I’m sure we will get results. Celtic had five chances and scored four, that’s the difference.”

Celtic manager Neil Lennon: “That was much better. We know that we let ourselves down on Thursday and we tried to iron out a few things in the last couple of days.”

What next?

Celtic face another tough test of their title credentials when they travel to Edinburgh to face fourth-placed Hibernian after the international break before having a chance to avenge that Europa League defeat away to Sparta. Meanwhile, Motherwell visit Perth to take on a St Johnstone team one place behind them on goal difference.

Match ends, Motherwell 1, Celtic 4.
90’+2′
Full Time
Second Half ends, Motherwell 1, Celtic 4.
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Attempt missed. Chris Long (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Liam Polworth.
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Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
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Liam Polworth (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Nathan McGinley.
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Goal!
Goal! Motherwell 1, Celtic 4. Olivier Ntcham (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Odsonne Edouard following a fast break.
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Attempt blocked. Mohamed Elyounoussi (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Odsonne Edouard.
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Foul by Ryan Christie (Celtic).
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Callum Lang (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Jordan White (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Liam Polworth.
84′
Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Olivier Ntcham replaces Tomas Rogic.
81′
Substitution
Substitution, Motherwell. Jordan White replaces Tony Watt.
81′
Booking
Tony Watt (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Scott Brown (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Tony Watt (Motherwell).
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Attempt blocked. Ryan Christie (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nir Bitton.
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Attempt blocked. Mohamed Elyounoussi (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
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Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Shane Duffy replaces Kristoffer Ajer because of an injury.
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Goal!

Goal! Motherwell 1, Celtic 3. Mohamed Elyounoussi (Celtic) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hatem Elhamed with a cross.

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Goal!
Goal! Motherwell 1, Celtic 2. Declan Gallagher (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Liam Polworth following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Ryan Christie (Celtic).
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Liam Polworth (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt saved. Chris Long (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liam Polworth.
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Substitution
Substitution, Motherwell. Chris Long replaces Devante Cole.
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Substitution
Substitution, Motherwell. Robbie Crawford replaces Barry Maguire.
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Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Odsonne Edouard replaces Albian Ajeti.
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Substitution
Substitution, Celtic. Hatem Elhamed replaces Jeremie Frimpong because of an injury.
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Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
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Liam Polworth (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Allan Campbell (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stephen O’Donnell with a headed pass.
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Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
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Liam Polworth (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Motherwell. Tony Watt tries a through ball, but Callum Lang is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Tony Watt (Motherwell) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan McGinley with a cross.
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Scott Brown (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Tony Watt (Motherwell).
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Attempt blocked. Liam Polworth (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Callum Lang (Motherwell) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high.
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Scott Brown (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Callum Lang (Motherwell).
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Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Nir Bitton.
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Attempt blocked. Mohamed Elyounoussi (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
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Booking
Devante Cole (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jeremie Frimpong (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Devante Cole (Motherwell).
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Attempt missed. Liam Polworth (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt blocked. Nir Bitton (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Declan Gallagher.
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Attempt saved. Declan Gallagher (Motherwell) header from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Allan Campbell with a cross.
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Attempt blocked. Devante Cole (Motherwell) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
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Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Jeremie Frimpong.
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Attempt missed. Scott Brown (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ryan Christie with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Mark O’Hara.
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Attempt blocked. Diego Laxalt (Celtic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Elyounoussi.
Second Half
Second Half begins Motherwell 0, Celtic 2.
45′
Half Time
First Half ends, Motherwell 0, Celtic 2.
43′
Booking
Barry Maguire (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Attempt missed. Ryan Christie (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tomas Rogic following a fast break.
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Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Mohamed Elyounoussi.
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Attempt missed. Callum McGregor (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nir Bitton following a corner.
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Nathan McGinley.
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Attempt blocked. Jeremie Frimpong (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Elyounoussi.
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Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Elyounoussi following a set piece situation.
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Attempt blocked. Ryan Christie (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Tomas Rogic (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Tony Watt (Motherwell).
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Attempt missed. Tony Watt (Motherwell) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
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Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
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Goal!
Goal! Motherwell 0, Celtic 2. Mohamed Elyounoussi (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
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Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
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Attempt blocked. Tony Watt (Motherwell) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen O’Donnell.
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Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Stephen O’Donnell (Motherwell).
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Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Allan Campbell.
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Attempt blocked. Diego Laxalt (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Albian Ajeti.
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Offside, Motherwell. Liam Polworth tries a through ball, but Declan Gallagher is caught offside.
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Foul by Ryan Christie (Celtic).
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Nathan McGinley (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Nir Bitton (Celtic).
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Callum Lang (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Tomas Rogic (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Elyounoussi.
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Attempt missed. Declan Gallagher (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Liam Polworth with a cross following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Kristoffer Ajer (Celtic).
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Tony Watt (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Nir Bitton.
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Foul by Diego Laxalt (Celtic).
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Callum Lang (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Kristoffer Ajer.
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Foul by Diego Laxalt (Celtic).
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Stephen O’Donnell (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Goal!
Goal! Motherwell 0, Celtic 1. Mohamed Elyounoussi (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
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Attempt saved. Albian Ajeti (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Jeremie Frimpong (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Tony Watt (Motherwell).
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Attempt saved. Ryan Christie (Celtic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomas Rogic.
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Foul by Scott Brown (Celtic).
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Devante Cole (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Ryan Christie (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Devante Cole (Motherwell).
Kick Off
First Half begins.
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.