Daily Record

Man by Man

- BY CRAIG SWAN

celTic JOE HART 7

Stopped Griezmann penalty, only for Frenchman to knock rebound beyond him. Outfoxed by Morata header. Good late block from Correa.

ALISTAIR JOHNSTON 7

Had to be alert and pulled off great covering to thwart Morata just before break. But striker was around the back for Atleti’s second.

CAMERON CARTER-VICKERS 7

Centre-back needed to be alert to runners and strong in challenges. Unfortunat­e to be booked for a foul on Morata.

LIAM SCALES 8

Irishman displayed real composure in tricky situations as he played it simple and defended resolutely. Terrific effort.

GREG TAYLOR 7

Left-back was just caught out at penalty when he caught Molina. Unable to stop Llorente delivering for Morata strike.

CALLUM MCGREGOR 8

Captain kept demanding the ball, picking his moments when to slow it down and speed it up. A leader.

MATT O’RILEY 8

Superb double involvemen­t in Kyogo’s fabulous goal and forced a flying save from Oblak. Denmark internatio­nal belongs at this level.

REO HATATE 1

Midfielder was absolutely devastated as an early injury put paid to his evening just moments after the first goal.

DAIZEN MAEDA 7

Wide right and tried to run at Galan while galloping into spaces. Swapped sides to charge away and create Palma’s goal.

KYOGO FURUHASHI 8

Superb movement and finish for opening goal. Constant menace with his pace. Never stopped going and making runs.

LUIS PALMA 7

Honduran produced brilliant composure and technique to drill Celtic into a 2-1 advantage. Quiet start to second period and off just after an hour.

SUBS

PAULO BERNARDO 7 Portuguese kid had instant entry due to Hatate injury seven minutes in and got up to pace quickly. NAT PHILLIPS 4 Entered the fray just past the hour for Palma. JAMES FORREST 2 On for final 10 minutes in place of Kyogo and stabbed chance over.

Not used: Bain, Lagerbielk­e, Yang, Turnbull, Oh, Iwata, Morrison, Ralston, Johnston.

ATLETICO MADRID

Oblak, Savic, Witsel, Hermoso, Molina, De Paul, Koke, Saul (Riquelme 45), Galan (Llorente 45), Morata (Correa 73), Griezmann.

REFEREE: Felix Zwayer (Germany).

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