What Benjamin Nygren, Arne Engels and James Forrest said on the Celtic touchline before beating Motherwell

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Celtic’s fightback against Motherwell was a great show of mental strength by the players.

Booed off at half-time, Celtic struggled to break down a Motherwell team who, in all fairness, were not shy in trying to attack instead of spending the whole 90-minutes camped in their own half.

Celtic’s penalty was quickly wiped out as Motherwell scored right before half-time and not long after the break, the Fir Park side went 2-1 up.

With 20 minutes left to play, Brendan Rodgers made his changes and it appears that a conversation had on the touchline by the three Celtic substitutes may well have inspired the late, late win.

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Benjamin Nygren shares what James Forrest and Arne Engels said just before Celtic beat Motherwell

Benjamin Nygren scored Celtic’s equaliser not long after coming on as a substitute with teammates James Forrest and Belgian Arne Engels.

And here, he shares a conversation the Hoops trio had on the touchline before inspiring Celtic’s win over Motherwell.

Nygren told the Daily Record, “It was a very nice feeling. It was a difficult game but we really showed a lot of mentality and heart in the second half to chase the win and we got it.

“We really showed our character, and how we stick together as a team.

“We do that always but we showed a great team mentality out there.

“When myself and the others went on, we said we need to go for a goal every time because we were chasing the game at 2-1 down. I think we took over immediately after we came on and thankfully we got the goals.

“The goalkeeper made a good save but thankfully I managed to get the goal soon afterwards.”

Celtic’s impressive attacking stats vs Motherwell

Celtic were relentless in the second-half as they battled to the late win over Motherwell, and the stats from Fotmob show just how impressive the Bhoys were.

• Possession: 62%
• Goals: 3
• Total shots: 16

• Shots inside box: 12
• Shots on target: 9
• Big chances: 5
• xG: 2.62

Celtic’s will to win paid off as the Bhoys showed true grit against Motherwell and hopefully, this result is a springboard to better performances from Brendan Rodgers’ side.