Originally published at: Former Celtic captain Paul Lambert commends Ralston for UEL display
Paul Lambert knows plenty about putting in gutsy performances for Celtic, so in a way it was no surprise to hear him praise Anthony Ralston for his display against Ferencvaros. Ralston, again fantastic at the back for Celtic, made some crucial interventions against the Hungarians. Not least, a tackle on in-form striker Ryan Mmaee to…
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Very good performance from the lad, the goal saving tackle was a brilliant bit of tracking.
There was one particular moment towards the end of the first half where he received the ball in the inverted FB slot just inside their half, took a good first touch & turned to face up to his marker, dipped a shoulder making space for himself nicely & switched a beautiful ball for Jota to take in his stride which turned their whole defense on their heels, the attack came to nothing but just that little bit of quality from Ralston just stretched Ferencvaros badly. It was a nice glimpse of what they must drill a thousand times a day in training.
Once this all clicks, once we get a match sharp GG up front regularly with Kyogo moving off of him there’s not going to be a side in the league that’ll be able to live with us.
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