Celtic fans will have mixed feelings waking up on Thursday morning.
On the one hand, that’s a point towards reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League, but on the other, what a disastrous goal to concede.
Understandably so, Celtic were on a high because things are going very well in the Premiership and they were making moves in Europe.
Celtic’s previous win over RB Leipzig at Parkhead was one of the best displays you will see from the champions of Scotland.
But the same can’t be said as the Bhoys recorded a 1-1 draw against Club Brugge on Wednesday night, especially with how the game started.
Once again, Brendan Rodgers watched his team fall behind, but this time to a quite comical, but pretty poor Cameron Carter-Vickers own goal.
And Peter Schmeichel, with his son Kasper in goal, was on hand to share his thoughts on it all and how he honestly feels about it.
Cameron Carter-Vickers own goal for Celtic against Club Brugge
Certain people just despise this modern-day playing out from the back and how teams make unnecessary passes.
You could argue that Carter-Vickers’ backward pass falls into that category because the blind pass led to nothing but pure disaster.
Peter Schmeichel shared how the American is a ‘fantastic’ player and there was ‘no need’ for him to make the mistake that he did, as he told CBS Sports on Paramount+ (27/11/24 at 10:40 pm).
“Celtic started so bad and they made so many mistakes,” said Schmeichel. “Cameron Carter-Vickers here, he is a fantastic player and he is instrumental to how well they are doing.
“He is very unlucky in this situation. But they gave too many chances away and Brugge looked like a fantastic team. There was no need for that.”
Celtic warning about Champions League qualification
Celtic have three remaining matches – two on the road – in Croatia in December, then a home tie against Young Boys and that all-British tie against John McGinn’s Aston Villa.
It’s still touch and go for the men in green and white, sitting 20th in the standings, three points off Atalanta in fifth and four points clear off PSG, who occupy the final relegation spot.
That point, in the long run, might prove to be very valuable and Peter Schmeichel sent them a warning about it all.
“I see that as two points dropped,” shared Schmeichel on CBS. “Brugge was a team when we saw the draw, it was one of the teams they were going to get three points out of
“If Celtic wants to go further in this tournament, then they need all their players to play well and they didn’t (against Brugge).”
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