Neil McCann shuts down what Tony Docherty has said despite Celtic’s win over Dundee

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Celtic remain at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.

There was a lot of noise around Aberdeen’s win over Rangers, but over in Glasgow, Celtic quietly beat Dundee 2-0 at Parkhead.

It took the Bhoys an hour to get going, with Alistair Johnston – who scored during Celtic’s win over Motherwell at the weekend – coming off the bench and finding the back of the net again.

Then, Arne Engels’ powerful run from deep resulted in a penalty and the summer signing dispatched it to give the home side that cushion.

For large parts of the game, Dundee didn’t have a sniff and the champions missed several guilt-edge chances, especially Kyogo Furuhashi in the first half, to make life easier for them.

But Dundee boss Tony Docherty had other ideas and his comments were shut down by Neil McCann post-match.

Neil McCann lauds Celtic’s domination over Tony Docherty’s Dundee

The Dundee manager felt that his team were possibly deserving of a ‘brilliant clean sheet’ and that the second-half penalty shouldn’t have been awarded.

Kyogo was clearly tugged back as he ran away from his marker, so there can’t be any complaints there.

But Neil McCann was sure to fire out a few things regarding how, Celtic’s main goal threat, could have scored three on any other day.

McCann told Sportscene that Celtic had ’41 entries’ in the penalty box and it proved their dominance throughout the game.

“I know Tony (Docherty) was saying it would have a ‘brilliant clean sheet’ had they got it and maybe deserved it,” said McCann.

“You look at the amount of domination Celtic had in this. The entries in the penalty box. 41 entries and touches in the 18-yard box. They were just asking the questions all the time. 

“On another night, we are watching Kyogo score three goals. Easy three goals. No question it was a penalty. Tucked away by Engels. A powerful run from deep.”

Celtic 2-0 Dundee stats

As expected, with Celtic sitting at the top of the league and Dundee in tenth with two wins to their name all season.

You didn’t expect them to come to Celtic and do anything but sit back and hope for the best.

Unsurprisingly, Dundee played a 5-4-1 formation, letting Celtic dominate and create chance after chance before a clever off-the-ball run from Johnston broke the deadlock.

Overall, Rodgers’ side had a mammoth 80% possession, as shared by FBRef, with five of their 24 shots on target compared to the opposition’s three shots in total.

Celtic also put in 31 crosses but committed 12 fouls to Dundee’s seven – the most costly foul was the one for the penalty.