But with 14 minutes remaining in the game and the score in Molde’s favour at 3-1, Celtic manager Ronny Deila substituted Commons from the field, allegedly to give his side a better balance in defence – an area in which the Scotland worldwide does not excel.
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You can count me out of all the outrage over the Kris Commons/Ronny Deila spat in Norway.
“But it is a team game, it is not about individuals, we win as a team and lose as a team”.
“I know we are all part of a team at Celtic and I am proud to be part of this team”. The team had a poor night and, although he scored a good goal, his performance was nothing special.
“We have to have discipline and stay together and he understands that”.
“Of course he was irritated he was being taken off and that’s okay sometimes”.
Collins said: “When the draw was made probably most people didn’t expect Molde to be top of the group after two games”.
Stefan Johansen has admitted his Celtic form hasn’t been as good this campaign as it was last season, according to the Scottish Daily Mail.
FORMER Stoke City player Kris Commons lost his cool in a recent game after being substituted.
“We don’t purposely go out to get beat every week”.
Hibernian centre-back Liam Fontaine thinks the strength in depth in the Easter Road squad will help them chase Rangers at the top of the table.
“We wanted two strikers on and we needed more balance in the midfield because you saw that when they got the ball they counter-attacked us”.
The former Stromsgodset boss said: “I’m very happy about that”.
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Stuart Armstrong fired over from 20 yards as Celtic tried to respond but Deila’s side found themselves two down after 19 minutes when they failed to clear a corner properly. We have got chances up the other end to try to put the ball away and if we don’t do that, and we concede goals, then we are going to lose games.
