The fallout over Celtic’s elimination from the Champions League continues.
To a man, every Celtic player was excellent against a Bayern Munich side littered with world-class talent over both legs.
Brendan Rodgers got his Celtic starting XI spot on as the Parkhead club asked questions of the Bundesliga side early doors.
As the Celtic fans continue to pour over what could have been one of the biggest results in the club’s European history, Peter Grant has shared what he spotted one Hoops player do that contributed to Bayern Munich’s last-minute equaliser.
Peter Grant hits back at what critics are saying about Celtic vs Bayern Munich
Celtic have been receiving plenty of plaudits for their performance against the Bundesliga giants but Grant has hit back at what some critics are saying.
Grant told The Go Radio Football Show, “Over the 90 minutes they were excellent. I don’t think there was a player that let them down. They all did the job with and without the ball, which is so important.
“But I thought the retention of the ball was excellent. And I think you need to do that at this level. They created opportunities.
“People can say Bayern didn’t play particularly well on the evening, but I think you’ve got to put that down to Celtic as well. It was a bit like Celtic part of the first 30 minutes. Bayern didn’t allow Celtic to play and they dominated the ball.”
“I thought Celtic did that over there, created chances from it.”
Peter Grant pinpoints Celtic hero Alistair Johnston at Bayern Munich goal
With just 15 seconds to go, Celtic had one eye on an extra 30 minutes of football in the Allianz Arena but it seems that eye should have been kept on the Park as Grant spotted one player who switched off at such a crucial moment of the game.
Grant continued, “I think they will look back with disappointment because I think some of the chances were big chances. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that I think they were opportunities to score goals.”
“So that’s the disappointment from it. And then right at the death, I’ve got to say, as a coach, I’m critical of Alistair Johnson because I thought he was excellent in the game.
“But I think he just switches off at such a vital moment. Carter Vickers doesn’t, Schmeichel doesn’t, Alistair Johnson does, and the boy gets the rebound and puts it in.
“You’re always told you’ve got to react like a striker in the box, and that’s a fullback that scored by the way against him.”
Looking at the footage above, Johnston is clearly caught off guard by the floating cross as he loses Alphonso Davies who then tapped in the equaliser.
But to be fair to the Canadian, he put in a power of a shift up and down that right flank and was one of Celtic’s best players on the night.
Sometimes there are games where Celtic just need to hold their hands up and admit that this is part of football and Tuesday night was one of those times.
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