Former Celtic defender Mark Wilson admits he was stunned to see Ange Postecoglou deliver on Josip Juranovic towards Rangers - claiming the full-back was battling sickness.
The Scottish Premiership leaders have been dominating at Ibrox and held a 1-0 benefit because of Daizen Maeda's early aim contained in the Ibrox cauldron, however Postecoglou was compelled into an early change when Greg Taylor limped off after simply 20 minutes. That allowed the Croat to make his first look since coming back from the World Cup, however he endured a troublesome derby day as he struggled to deal with Trend Sakala.
The pacy winger caught Juranovic out of place to launch the sweeping counter assault that noticed Ryan Kent degree the sport. The 27-year-old would then lose the Zambia worldwide within the field forcing Carl Starfelt to shut the attacker down, resulting in a foul which noticed referee John Beaton level to the spot.
James Tavernier stepped as much as rating, earlier than Kyogo Furuhashi levelled late within the sport to maintain Celtic's 9 level benefit on the prime of the desk intact. Nevertheless, there was extreme criticism of Juranovic and his efficiency within the left-back function on the full-time whistle.
Responding to a caller on Clyde 1 Superscoreboard who claimed the switch hypothesis round Juranovic had influence on his efficiency, Wilson disagreed earlier than admitting he anticipated Alexadro Bernabei to come back off the bench. He stated: "It was shocking that he selected to deliver on Juranovic when the explanation partly for not enjoying him at right-back was that he was below the climate.
"So then I can excuse Juranovic for his efficiency as a result of he clearly was not 100 per cent. I might perceive it if there was no different left-back there, however (Postecoglou) introduced in one other left-back in the summertime to problem Greg Taylor.
"If Greg Taylor will get injured, why would you not decide Bernabei to go in? It’s not as if when Bernabei has pulled on a Celtic shirt he has regarded miles off it.”
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