What a week it has been for Brendan Rodgers and Celtic, with the Old Firm giants marching on both domestically and in Europe with two statement victories.
On Saturday evening, the Hoops put their closest title rivals to the sword following a thumping 6-0 win over Aberdeen in the League Cup, prior to then seeing off the second-best team in Germany, RB Leipzig, with a 3-1 triumph in the Champions League.
Much focus will undoubtedly be on the attacking prowess of the Glasgow side amid that nine-goal haul across the past few days, although praise must also be centred on the club’s new-found defensive resilience, having conceded just once in that time.
The emergence of summer signing Auston Trusty – who was “phenomenal” against the Bundesliga side, according to Chris Sutton – has certainly helped matters, although his compatriot Cameron Carter-Vickers remains the key asset at the heart of the defence, with 26-year-old also opening the scoring at Hampden Park at the weekend.It has been said time and again, but Carter-Vickers is the “best centre-half” that the Parkhead side have had “since [Virgil] van Dijk” – as noted by former Northern Ireland international, Ryan McLaughlin – with many a centre-back having been unable to quite reach the Dutchman’s levels in the years before that.It has been said time and again, but Carter-Vickers is the “best centre-half” that the Parkhead side have had “since [Virgil] van Dijk” – as noted by former Northern Ireland international, Ryan McLaughlin – with many a centre-back having been unable to quite reach the Dutchman’s levels in the years before that.It has been said time and again, but Carter-Vickers is the “best centre-half” that the Parkhead side have had “since [Virgil] van Dijk” – as noted by former Northern Ireland international, Ryan McLaughlin – with many a centre-back having been unable to quite reach the Dutchman’s levels in the years before that.It has been said time and again, but Carter-Vickers is the “best centre-half” that the Parkhead side have had “since [Virgil] van Dijk” – as noted by former Northern Ireland international, Ryan McLaughlin – with many a centre-back having been unable to quite reach the Dutchman’s levels in the years before that.It has been said time and again, but Carter-Vickers is the “best centre-half” that the Parkhead side have had “since [Virgil] van Dijk” – as noted by former Northern Ireland international, Ryan McLaughlin – with many a centre-back having been unable to quite reach the Dutchman’s levels in the years before that.It has been said time and again, but Carter-Vickers is the “best centre-half” that the Parkhead side have had “since [Virgil] van Dijk” – as noted by former Northern Ireland international, Ryan McLaughlin – with many a centre-back having been unable to quite reach the Dutchman’s levels in the years before that.It has been said time and again, but Carter-Vickers is the “best centre-half” that the Parkhead side have had “since [Virgil] van Dijk” – as noted by former Northern Ireland international, Ryan McLaughlin – with many a centre-back having been unable to quite reach the Dutchman’s levels in the years before that.
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