Brendan Rodgers watched his Celtic side produce a scratchy display against Dundee United on Sunday.
For the second time in the Premiership this season, the champions dropped points and it was the first time they failed to score.
Not many can argue, but it was the right result as Celtic recorded a goalless draw against Dundee United at Tannadice.
Like Aberdeen a few weeks ago, conditions weren’t great in the east of Scotland and it made life difficult for everyone.
Celtic didn’t help themselves by being lacklustre in the final third, but it was on the back of some very good defending from the opposition.
Declan Gallagher, who came through at Celtic as a youngster, is the captain and he shared his thoughts on the match after playing the entire game.
Declan Gallagher highlights difficult nature of Celtic’s pressing against the wind
In the first half, Dundee United were playing against the wind and it meant that they were struggling to keep Celtic away from their goal.
Gallagher noted ‘how high’ the Hoops press and how ‘you can’t even kick it long’ when conditions are so against you, as he told Sky Sports.
“It was very tough, especially the first half when we were against the wind,” said Gallagher. “You can see how high Celtic press, in the best of days with conditions like that and you can’t even kick it long against them.
“It was a tough ask, but the boys dug in well and I think the second half, we came into it a little bit more and we know fine well that Celtic will just dominate possession. But the boys dug in well.
“After games against Celtic, you are more mentally tired than you are physically tired because you are basically camped in your half for two halves of football.”
What was the estimated wind speed for Celtic’s clash against Dundee United?
Across Scotland, for several weeks now, the weather hasn’t been great as Christmas edges closer.
It was no different for this weekend’s action across the Premiership because there was a high weather warning.
As posted by Pie & Bovril’s Twitter account, it was estimated that the high winds were reaching close to 50mph.
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