Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou is refusing to play the blame game over his side's own goal against Celtic.
It was a moment to forget for Josip Juranovic after Kyogo Furuhashi had initially put the Hoops ahead against Motherwell at Parkhead. The Croatian and goalkeeper Joe Hart got confused with each other and it ultimately led to Juranovic chesting past his flailing number one into an empty net.
Reo Hatate's second half strike allowed Celtic to gain a 2-1 Premiership win and response to losing 2-0 against St Mirren last time out, and Postecoglou isn't prepared to throw the usually reliable pair to the wolves. He knows he can't control them like a computer game, so mishaps will happen from time to time. He said: “There was no one else around them. But these things happen in football, you kind of know. Invariably, they happen in a game like today.
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"They never happen when you’re four or five up. Invariably, they happen in a game like today. They never happen when you’re four or five up.
"You let them be human beings who are going to make mistakes. The important thing is that we recovered from that and we got our goal.
"It was important to win. After a loss, you’ve got to get back into winning ways as quickly as possible. So from that perspective, it was an important three points. It should’ve been a lot more comfortable than it was."
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