Kyogo Furuhashi and Liel Abada each scored hattricks as Celtic produced one of the high-scoring football results of the weekend in the Scottish Premiership. Furuhashi completed the first-half hattrick before Jota scored the fourth in stoppage time. Abada then completed a second-half hattrick while Josip Juranovic and Craig Starfelt scored a goal each to round off the scoring.
Managers Reaction
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou: “The boys were great, they stayed really disciplined and focused. We knew Dundee United were going through a tough spell and for us it was important we set our stall out early and put them under pressure. It’s about not rolling out there and trying to win a game of football, it’s about playing a game our way and making sure irrespective of how the opposition is set up that we impose ourselves. Kyogo is such an important part of what we do. It’s not just his goals, it’s the way he harassed the opponents.”
Dundee United manager Jack Ross: “Humiliating and embarrassing, that’s the only way to describe it. You shouldn’t lose a game by that many goals, you shouldn’t lose a game in that manner of performance. Every ounce of criticism that falls on my shoulders is deserved because, from a personal pride perspective, it’s really sore. In terms of that humiliation and embarrassment, the players should feel that way, because that’s the way I feel. I think if you have that desire to succeed in your career when you have days like today it should hurt you immensely. Ultimately you have to own the responsibility for it and you have to own the solution as well because criticism will rain heavily upon you for it. It’s only the players first and foremost that can control their own behaviors and actions, like me, and you can only drag yourself out of that situation.”
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