Errors Cost Celtic In Loss To Borussia Monchengladbach

Celtic central defender Kolo Toure, The18's 2015 Player of the Year, has boatloads of good experience in big matches. Unfortunately, that is not how it worked out against Borussia Monchengladbach.

Liverpool fans and Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, who was at Anfield at the time, will remember when Toure had a similar howler against West Brom in February 2014, which snatched a 1-1 draw from the jaws of victory--and may have helped cost the Reds the EPL title that season.

Here is the West Brom sequence:

Well, the Ivorian was up to his old tricks — in one case in his own penalty area — in Celtic’s Champions’ League tie against Borussia Monchengladbach. In the 55th minute, with the match tied 0-0, the Germans sent a long, hopeful ball along the turf. Toure did the hard part, beating Monchengladbach forward Andres Hahn to the ball, about three yards to the left of the Celtic goal.

Then he did the unthinkable, allowing Hahn to slide past him and get a touch on the ball, setting up Monchengladbach captain Lars Stindl for an absolute sitter.

You can see Stindl’s goal here:

But Toure wasn’t done there. With the ball just inside the Celtic half, the defender was too casual, and let the ball skip past him directly into the path of Hahn. Hahn did the rest, making it 2-0 and likely ending the Hoops’ dreams of European football after Christmas. 

See Hahn’s goal here:

Andre Hahn Goal - Celtic0-2B. Monchengladbach 19.10.2016 - https://t.co/i8Av6UFV3q

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