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John Hartson says a lot of things “conspired against Celtic” this week

Former Celtic striker John Hartson has defended Daizen Maeda after his sending off on Tuesday night against Atletico Madrid, even describing the sending off as harsh.

Hartson spoke of the negative effect the red card had on Tuesday’s match, which meant that Atletico were able to take full advantage of gaps all over the pitch with Celtic down to 10 men Atletico scored five goals after Maeda’s sending off.