16. SPL Spieltag
22.12.2024 13 Uhr DZ
Tannadice Park
Dundee United - Celtic FC
22.12.2024 13 Uhr DZ
Tannadice Park
Dundee United - Celtic FC
McCeltic hat geschrieben:Am Sonntag ein Sieg in Slovenien und man ist in den Play Off Spielen mit dabei. Ob es nach Punkten fĂĽr den besten zweiten Platz reicht, weiĂź ich nicht so genau. Griffiths war gestern richtig stark. Allerdings so finde ich hat Strachan von Auswechslungen wenig Ahnung.
When James Forrest made way for Martin on the hour, there were doubts. Forrest had been decent; Martin hadn't scored since Kafka died. Or March, if you want to be exact about it. Twenty-one games ago. Then, James McArthur came on. You need a goal to keep your World Cup play-off hopes alive and you send on for a defensive midfielder from Crystal Palace? A club that right now conjures up images of barn doors and banjos? Next, Anya appears. Anya, who hasn't played in nearly a month, who has started one game all season and who hasn't scored in his last 33 matches? This is who you turn to in order to save the day? And it works. It works.
Griffiths reflected the spirit in microcosm. He was unrelenting. He almost got on the end of an Andrew Robertson cross early on, he delivered a beautiful ball to Christophe Berra who almost scored, he forced a save from Dubravka, then forced another, then he hit the crossbar, then he won the ball and fed Ikechi Anya in the build-up to the winner. There is a presumption in places that once Moussa Dembele is fully fit and firing at Celtic he'll re-establish himself as Brendan Rodgers' leading striker. That's not paying proper heed to what Griffiths has been producing for quite some time now. He's gone from playing a total of 45 minutes in Scotland's opening three fixtures in this group to becoming a main man, a goal-scorer, goal-creator, a leader in his own, irrepressible, way. He's a wee rascal, yes. But he's a hell of a footballer.
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