Celtic not at our best today, but the three points are all that matters

The Celtic Star

·10 November 2024

Celtic not at our best today, but the three points are all that matters

Not at our best today, but we won and that’s all that matters…

Adam Idah celebrates the opener, which was scored by Callum McGregor. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star. The number of empty seats there today? Absolute madness!

Thankfully we earned all three points at Rugby Park today, but not after a long hard slog on an atrocious surface against a very physical and difficult opponent in Derek McInnes’ battling Kilmarnock side.

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The Ayrshire side can consider themselves unlucky not to have taken the lead in a first half in which they were clearly the better side. Our players had the preverbal European hangover as they looked all over the place and couldn’t string two passes together. We looked a totally different team from the side that convincingly beat RB Leipzig on Tuesday night under the disco lights on the green, green grass of home.

Nicolas Kuhn scores Celtic’s second goal against Kilmarnock. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

We snatched the lead right on half time thanks to a fortunate goal from Callum McGregor, but a goal a goal all the same, and we gladly headed in at half time ahead. Unfortunately the second half was very much the same and we had Kasper Schmeichel to thank for keeping us ahead with a couple of fantastic stops, one in particular from Matt Kennedy which looked like a certain goal.

The game was settled however with just twenty minutes remaining when man of the moment Nicolas Kuhn yet again showed his class by scoring yet another impressive goal.

Kasper Schmeichel was Man of the Match. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star

We weren’t impressive by any means, but we did what Champions do and ground out a result. Which at the end of the day was the most important thing, especially on the back of a demanding European fixture which came shortly after a cup semi-final at Hampden.

As a result of today’s 2-0 win over Kilmarnock, Celtic head into the break as league leaders. Let’s hope we find our rhythm again in two weeks time when we travel through to Tynecastle, for what will be yet another difficult away game on a Saturday evening. The atmosphere will be intimidating but that won’t bother our Bhoys too much.

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