The Celtic manager takes a great deal of confidence from the manner in which his side won home and away against the Swedish Champions AIK. The 2-0 win at Celtic Park was impressive and was actually bettered last night with a 4-1 victory in the Friends Arena in Stockholm.
“It was an outstanding performance from start to finish. We scored four away from home in Europe, we haven’t done that for a long, long time and the quality of the goals was excellent.
“The quality of the performance was excellent and it was a pressure game obviously, but the players handled it brilliantly. We beat a very good side comprehensively over two legs, so there is a lot to be positive about.
“The front four last night were brilliant, they looked a real threat, and then Scott Brown and Callum McGregor backed that up to give us a real platform. Browny was outstanding last night and is really back to his best again, and Callum has just been so consistent over the piece.
“But the front four really excited us. Odsonne Edouard is in great form, Ryan Christie has been outstanding and James Forrest is great to watch when he’s playing like that. His goal was sublime and his all-round game last night was really high quality.
“So we’re delighted with that and we’ve got good decent back-up with Bayo coming on and Lewis Morgan scored and there’s a few others bubbling under as well, so it augurs well.
“I’ve been excited throughout the majority of the season. There’s been a bit of negativity about the place, you can understand that to a certain degree but, when you’re scoring goals at a very fast rate, then we’re very positive and there’s a lot to be happy about.”
19 Sep, Rennes A
3 Oct, Cluj H
24 Oct, Lazio H
7 Nov, Lazio A
28 Nov, Rennes H
12 Dec, Cluj A— Celtic FC SLO (@CelticFCSLO) August 30, 2019
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— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) August 30, 2019
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