Former Celtic striker Darren Jackson described their 7-1 thrashing by Borussia Dortmund as “embarrassing” and urged Brendan Rodgers to alter his philosophy when taking part in within the Champions League.
Celtic arrived at Sign Iduna Park in assured temper having received each sport this season, together with a 5-1 defeat of Slovan Bratislava of their European opener and a 6-0 beating of St Johnstone within the Scottish Premiership on the weekend.
Nevertheless, they have been ruthlessly uncovered by the Bundesliga aspect for whom Karim Adeyemi scored a first-half hat-trick and Serhou Guirassy netted twice.
Rodgers has at all times favoured an open, attacking strategy however Jackson mentioned that displayed the fragility of his crew.
He advised Good Morning Scotland: “It was embarrassing. I’ve been there, I’ve misplaced seven and that’s not having an actual go on the supervisor or the gamers, they’ll know themselves – they’ll be embarrassed.
“Everybody has a philosophy and a construction in the way in which they play, and so they’ve been taking part in that effectively, that they had the arrogance to go and play the Brendan approach.
“That’s the place they should say, ‘can we play like this?’, and I don’t suppose they will as a result of what they do within the Scottish Premiership to groups, was performed to them final evening. It was a task reversal from the Bratislava sport the place Celtic pressed them and so they simply gave the ball again.”
“We’ll at all times adapt, however generally high quality shines by.”
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Jackson felt it was unfair to position all of the blame on Rodgers and mentioned the gamers should do extra.
He added: “The gamers should be higher. Folks may have a go on the supervisor, however the gamers should be higher in possession of the ball.
“Dortmund have been ruthless, however all the highest groups are ruthless.”
Celtic’s subsequent Champions League project sees them go on the street once more to a different free-scoring aspect in Atalanta in three weeks’ time.
And Rodgers accepts they may must be higher.
He mentioned: “We went in excessive in confidence. We felt we have been in a extremely good place. We needed to begin a lot better than we did, as we gave away actually low cost targets. And we obtained punished for free bits of play and passes. They have been ruthless of their ending. It was unimaginable to see.
“It’s very tough for us to get to that degree. It’s a distinct degree, with the best respect. We wish to be extra aggressive, that’s what was disappointing from our perspective.
“My job is to go away and encourage the gamers once more. We have to be taught from it or we are going to get punished at this degree.”
