Big four toil as Celtic show spirit (0)
- 5 Nov 08, 09:48 PM
Celtic made a mockery of Paul Ince's needless jibe that it was "men against boys" when they met Manchester United - as Scotland's pace-setters rounded off a testing week for England's elite in the Champions League.
Blackburn boss Ince's comment was an insult to Celtic's players after they lost 3-0 at Old Trafford recently, conveniently ignoring the fact that plenty of English clubs have suffered that sort of ignominy, and worse, at the hands of Sir Alex Ferguson's side.
For all their deficiencies and inferiority in the face of United's attacking riches on another noisy night of Parkhead passion, the qualities you could never doubt were their heart, spirit and bravery. These were real men at work.
If they actually wanted to answer Ince's sideswipe, and there was a feeling in the air that they did, then it was achieved.
