Very much a first choice team:
Gordon;
Lustig, Boyata, van Dijk, Izaguirre;
Brown, Bitton;
Mackay-Steven, Johansen, Armstrong;
Griffiths
Celtic subs: Bailly, Stokes, Rogic, Mulgrew, Janko, McGregor, Forrest
Surprised we’ve gone for that team ahead of the game on Wednesday. Good to see Brown and Armstrong back but thought we’d be bringing them off the bench. Very surprised to see Lustig playing. Assume he’ll be coming off after an hour or so.
He’s just scored.
Only joined this at 2-0 after 20 minutes. We’ve been coasting it since then. Johansen and Armstrong both close to scoring.
3-0. Armstrong with a curled finish.
Absolutely cruising. Could be further in front - dominating possession and keeping the ball moving well.
Mulgrew for Brown. Janko for Lustig. Brown was really good again today. I was reading the other day that our win rate in the last 3 years without him in the team is less than 50%. Extraordinary.
4-0 Armstrong again. Patient finish. ICT are brutal at the back.
McGregor off the bench and misses a free shot to make it 5 with his first touch.
4-1. Christie scored. Missed it because I was sending Rusty down the hill at Sodor Steamworks. But it seemed to have been a Boyata error that put him clean through.
4-2 Boyata not great again there. Very slack to concede 2 in a game we’ve absolutely dominated. It won’t matter but we’ll get found out.