Shocking News:What the English media said about Liam Scales after Celtic star’s red card during 5-0 Ireland loss
‘Was pivotal to Ireland’s resolute showing in the first half, rousing the away fans with a reducer on Harry Kane,’ wrote RTE.
‘A yellow card for knocking the ball away from Gallagher would come back to haunt him, as a second booking and sending-off would follow for conceding a penalty.’
The Irish Examiner agreed and also handed Scales a five by writing: ‘Could have no complaints about the penalty concession and red card, immediately planting his face in his hands, but until that point, the Celtic man had been good – notably winning a ferocious tackle with Kane.’
Celtic are flying this season and Scales has played a huge part in that. Yes, this defeat and how it came about will sting for a while.
But Scales is making progress under Brendan Rodgers and needs to continue going down that road when he returns to Parkhead.
There was so much promise and expectations on Mikey Johnston’s shoulders when he was coming through at Celtic.
In Brendan Rodgers’ first spell, Johnston was making a name for himself in Celtic’s academy and he was seen as a future first-team star.
But, by the time Rodgers returned to Parkhead, life wasn’t going as smoothly as Johnston wanted it to and he couldn’t break into the first-team.
One thing the 25-year-old can’t argue about is that he was handed the chances, but that consistency or level of performance wasn’t there.
That road then led to Johnston securing a loan move to West Brom last January, where he started scoring goals for fun and it eventually led him to securing a permanent transfer to the Hawthorns.
Celtic are flying this season and Scales has played a huge part in that. Yes, this defeat and how it came about will sting for a while.
But Scales is making progress under Brendan Rodgers and needs to continue going down that road when he returns to Parkhead.
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