Alistair Johnston hails valuable point won

Celtic F.C.

·27. November 2024

Alistair Johnston hails valuable point won

Depending on the circumstances, there will always be debates on whether a draw is point won or two points lost.

Coming back from a goal down would tend to point towards the point won theory – to come back and equalise at Champions League level against a side of the expertise as Club Brugge is a stick-on point won, and that was not lost on Hoops defender, Alistair Johnston.

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The Canadian told Celtic TV after the game: “At this level, every point is hard-earned and it adds up, I think that’s the most important thing.

“The gaffer made a great point that if you’re not going to win a match, you make sure that you don’t lose it at this level, especially at home.

“We didn’t have a great first half, we went in 1-0 down and they were causing us quite a bit of problems, but we came out in the second half and made some tactical changes.

“I think that really helped and, again, I can’t fault the guys’ effort, the guys put everything into that.

‘We got a great equaliser from Daizen, some finish that was, and we had chances to find a winner.’

“But, at the same time, I think both teams will look at that and feel that a draw is pretty fair.”

He added: “I don’t think that they created a ton, I don’t think we created a ton. I thought we were in the ascendency and looked more likely to score a winner after their ‘goal’ was called back, but we’ve got to move with one point and take it from there.

“I think that we expected them to come out and be pretty positive , but at the same time I think that they’ve shown in previous matches they were a bit more aggressive at home than away.

“So I think that kind of surprised us a little bit, but I think that our ability to change at half time shows how far we’ve come in terms of that we weren’t just going to let that go idle and just accept that.

“We know we really changed how we pressed and it was a lot more difficult in the second half for them to get out.

“We saw in the second half that we were a lot more compact and comfortable with going man to man all over the pitch, and making it more difficult for them.”