Derek McInnes

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We pressed in the right areas at the right time.
Celtic like to play from the back and we stopped them doing this.
When Their keeper had the ball, we practically played a 3-4-3. Pushing up on their back three and covering their midfielders.
It was man for man at that point and I feared if they won the ball we could be exposed.

They had a couple of great chances after a defensive mistake, which Woodman made a great double save from.
Other than that their only real chance in the first half (outside of defensive mistakes (Sclaff clearances)) was their goal.
The second half, they only had their counter attack goal which troubled Woodman.

I think the tactics were very good, albeit not the most energetic up and at them style most fans would like.
Very effective when you consider the squad was also missing Shinnie and Christie.

I’m not lapping up DM’s comments at all.
Indeed Rodgers showed respect with his comments about Pittodrie being the hardest place in the league to come to and that they need to be up for it.
You never see Rodgers put out a weakened / rested 3am when he plays us.

Celtic in 2nd gear still had more shots at goal, shots on target and crucially more goals. You talk about them in the first half, but I certainly cannot remember De Vries being troubled at all by us.
Our tactics were pathetic and totally wrong. Celtic came back from Russia after getting a doing. What do we do...sit off them and let them dictate the game to us in our own stadium.
It was the wrong approach from McInnes because at the end of the day we were beaten. Celtic should have been there for the taking but we bottled it and let them play the way that made it easier for them.