re: Match Day 8/25 UCL playoffs 2nd leg : TNBhoy Melt Day 2 in progress

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Let's discuss what went wrong for Celtic over the two legs:


Celtic 3 - 2 Malmo

- At 2-0, Johansen fails to convert a one-on-one with the keeper.
- Malmo's first goal: From a Celtic set piece, the ball goes back to the halfway line where Brown tries to head a pass to Izzy. Izzy reacts too slowly and Malmo comes away with the ball. With both Izzy and Boyata out of position, the ball comes to an unmarked Berget in the box who scores a rocket.
- Bitton is kicked in the ankle off the ball and the ref does nothing.
- Forrest is wrongly called for a foul after a Malmo player slips on the pitch. From the ensuing free kick, Lustig twists something and is forced to go off and is replaced by Ambrose.
- In stoppage time, Ambrose stupidly knocks the ball into touch instead of clearing it.
- Malmo's Yuton kicks Johansen off the ball. The ref gives both players a yellow card, but does not award Celtic a free kick as the rules state. This should be the end of the match.
- Malmo makes it 3-2.

Malmo 2 - 0 Celtic

- Griffiths through on goal goes for power instead of trying to chip the keeper.
- Malmo 1 - 0 Celtic: - Four things go wrong here.
1. Slow arse Mulgrew allows a corner to be taken.
2. Gordon does not come out to take the ball
3. Rosenborg 'heads' the ball with his arm. Goal should be disallowed.
4. Janko, playing in only his third competitive match, comes off the post, leaving that part of the net exposed. If he stands still, he blocks it.
- The Thumb (who I didn't want Celtic to sign and still want his contract ripped up) gets in an altercation off the ball. As with the similar altercation at the end of the first match, both players get yellows. Ref gives Malmo a free kick. BT's co-commentator argues that the Malmo player should be sent off for time-wasting and trying to con the ref.
- Brown is intentionally kicked in the head off the ball. No foul given and no card shown.
- Celtic goal disallowed for frick all. Not only does Bitton put the ball in the back of the net, the Malmo defender punched the fricking ball. Should have been a Celtic goal and a Malmo red card or a Celtic penalty and a Malmo red card. SCH's racist arse confuses Bitton with the Thumb.
- Malmo 2 - 0 Celtic: Mulgrew fricks up and Malmo get a corner after two wonder-saves by Gordon. Van Dijk does not jump at the corner and allows Malmo player to get a free header.
- Ref misses his third Malmo handball of the night.

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