Celtic's nightmare August continued tonight as they limped out of the Champions League after an embarrassing 2-1 defeat at home to Hungarian giants Ferencvaros. Managed by former Spurs and Ukranian striker Sergei Rebrov, the Hungarian champions had already beaten their Swedish counterparts Djurgarden at home to seal an away one legged affair with Celtic.
Celtic's preparations were not helped by Odsonne Edouard missing out with injury and recent signing from West Ham Ajleti, only fit enough for the bench. Things got worse as they were one down after seven minutes, although Ryan Christie who was playing in Edouard's place, equalised at the start of the second half. However Celtic conceded in the 75th minute and the Hungarians ended up winning 2-1.
🎙️ Neil Lennon: "I'm devastated. It shouldn't happen. It's a poor result. We dominated the game. We conceded two really poor goals.
We all have to take responsibility for it. I have to for the team selection. We had more than enough chances to win the game twice over." pic.twitter.com/Ryb2XT3q9B— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) August 26, 2020
After the match, Neil Lennon struggled to explain the defeat.
"We seem to have made the same mistakes as last year," Lennon said.
"The first goal we can maybe legislate a little bit, the second goal is really poor decision-making.
"It's individual mistakes. It's cost us against Copenhagen and it's cost us again tonight."
Lennon was criticised for not starting a striker.
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Andy Walker questions Neil Lennon's decision not to start with a striker, after @CelticFC suffer a shock 2-1 home defeat to Ferencvaros
Celtic now drop into the Europa League qualifiers pic.twitter.com/6S7TB4QbPV— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) August 26, 2020
Celtic fans were none to pleased. They have the Europa League to look forward to now.
Can’t stop crying, thanks Celtic.
— Kerrydale Meltdown (@KerryFail) August 26, 2020
