Sunderland defeat Hoops

Mon, 03 Aug 12:51:03 2009

Celtic warmed up for the second leg of their Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Moscow in Russia on Wednesday in disappointing fashion as they slumped to a 2-1 friendly defeat against Sunderland.

Trailing 1-0 from Wednesday's first leg at Celtic Park, Hoops manager Tony Mowbray used this match to increase the fitness levels of his squad but he may have expected some more encouragement from the display.

Goals either side of the break from Kieran Richardson and Kenwyne Jones gave the visitors a well-deserved lead until Hoops midfielder Marc Crosas put a better spin on proceedings when he pulled a goal back.

If Mowbray learned little from his side's performance, albeit he did not play his strongest 11 at any point, then the sight of Scott Brown in his midfield will have heartened him ahead of the trip to Moscow.

Brown returned for the first time since undergoing end-of-season ankle surgery but it was a second-string Hoops side which started the game.

The Black cats took the lead in the 12th minute after Darren O'Dea's glaring error when dealing with a Jones flick-on allowed Richardson a clear run on goal and he knocked the ball confidently past Zaluska.

Seven minutes from the break Sunderland survived a penalty claim when stopper Anton Ferdinand clattered in to Hoops midfielder Koki Mizuno, before Chris Killen was too slow to take a clever Paddy McCourt pass in his stride inside the box.

There were just eight minutes played in the second half when Sunderland doubled their lead, Jones rising unmarked six yards out to head Reid's pin-point cross past the helpless Zaluska.

The tempo of the game dropped until the 67th minute when Crosas drove in off the post from outside the box after a corner had only been half-cleared by the visitors.

 

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  1. A voice of Sanity... Well put Sweetooth

    From NokturnalKelt, on Mon 3 Aug 12:14PM

  2. They fixed the headline!!!!

    Decent performance and­ result by the lads, looking forward to the new season!

    From g.lounton, on Mon 3 Aug 11:45AM

  3. celtic beat wonderland,,,,hopefully. headlines on wed­ 5th aug champs-league..ps stick in there john hartson­ xxx

    From UB40,LOCHEE, on Mon 3 Aug 7:54AM

  4. Think its more like Oops rather than hoops lol and to­ be honest everyone reads too much into friendly results­ when it is only really some warm up to get the rust­ away from the limbs. I might be a rangers fan but I­ can see by the blue and white, I actually wanted Celtic­ to get through the champions league qualifiers as its­ gonna be another bleak season in europe for scottish­ teams as I dont see either Aberdeen or Motherwell­ pulling off any miracles so the co-efficiency is gonna­ be screwed again so if they do get put out in Russia on­ Wednesday I hope they at least put a decent performance­ in the Europa League. And before any fellow Rangers­ fans throw pelters towards Parkhead way maybe they­ should wait and see how Rangers get and then perform­ against in the champions league

    From sweetooth, on Mon 3 Aug 12:31AM

  5. Who the hell wrote the headline? Surely not the same­ journo that wrote the article. Bring back copy­ proof-readers!

    Oh, and well done the lads!

    From partydj75, on Sun 2 Aug 11:42PM

  6. Why are all you bluenoses not on the other pages about­ yer first team gettin' a tankin' by­ Arsenal's boys team?

    From NokturnalKelt, on Sun 2 Aug 10:53PM

  7. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER ARTICLE BY PAUL PARKER. LMAO

    From chelseaboy, on Sun 2 Aug 9:14PM

  8. get your facts right a holes sunderland beat hoops

    From DAVID, on Sun 2 Aug 8:36PM

  9. hey david did u watch the huns get shown up by arsenals­ boys club ya numpty

    From johnny dangerous, on Sun 2 Aug 8:31PM

  10. Was the editor of this article on the whisky?? Please­ get the headline sorted, is not that difficult.

    From mwpretreive, on Sun 2 Aug 6:50PM

  11. brother walfred,jock stein,billy mcneil,paul­­ mcstay,peter grant,murdo mcleod,davie provan,andy­­ walker,chic charnley,john reid,rod stewart,jackie­­ bird,pope,bono,jim kerr,paulo nutini,wee burnie,tony­­ roper,elaine smith,billy connoly,your bhoys took a­ HELL­ of a beating.

    From bluenoseburger, on Sun 2 Aug 2:14PM

  12. Hoops beat Sunderland?????????????????????Its not hard­ get the result right!!!!!

    From Colin, on Sun 2 Aug 1:24PM

  13. davie hay,paul Mcstay,chic charnley,andy walker,billy­ Mcneil,charlie nicholas,kenny dalgleish,murdo­ macleod,peter grant,rod stewart,john reid,jim­ kerr,jackie bird,bono,pope,tony roper,wee burnie,paulo­ nutini,your bhoys took a hell of a beating

    From bluenoseburger, on Sun 2 Aug 1:52AM

  14. say what?

    From elizabethtaylor974, on Sun 2 Aug 12:56AM

  15. ok ok....the tims need all the help they can get. lmfao

    From Captain Pugwash, on Sat 1 Aug 7:19PM

  16. Hoops?­ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAA­ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­ AA

    From sd.jennings, on Sat 1 Aug 7:09PM

  17. Whits this guy oan!!!

    From John, on Sat 1 Aug 7:04PM

  18. The reporter obviously had the green goggles on, next­ thing they will be claiming is Tony Mowbray is the best­ manager in Scottish football and they won the league­ last season!

    From ivebeen196mph, on Sat 1 Aug 6:22PM

  19. Hoops beat Sunderland? read the article again lol

    From Dombev30, on Sat 1 Aug 6:00PM

  20. or thier hoops took a beating?! lol

    From john, on Sat 1 Aug 5:47PM
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