Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic beat Dundee United by nine goals

Subsequent Saturday, Celtic face their outdated foes and title rivals Rangers within the first Previous Agency contest of the season at Parkhead.

Then the European challenges come thick and quick within the Champions League, with holders Actual Madrid heading to Glasgow three days later.

Postecoglou is making an attempt to construct a aspect assured to provide even the very best within the enterprise an uncomfortable time on one in all Celtic Park’s famed feverish Euro nights.

Japan’s Kyogo Furuhashi scored a first-half hat-trick, Israeli Liel Abada hit a treble within the second interval, and Portugal’s Jota, Croatia’s Josip Juranovic and Sweden’s Carl Starfelt all received on the scoreboard as effectively.

Postecoglou is aiming excessive and mentioned the one factor that will fulfill him on a visit to Madrid’s Bernabeu can be to return away with all of the factors.

“What you wish to make sure that is that when you might have these alternatives, it’s higher to swap shirts with gamers you admire after you’ve knocked them off, somewhat than simply grabbing one to your assortment,” he mentioned.

Kane double spurs Tottenham to victory

Harry Kane scored twice to surpass 200 league targets and provides Tottenham Hotspur a 2-0 victory at Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

Elsewhere, West Ham recorded their first factors of the Premier League season with a 1-0 victory over Aston Villa and Newcastle snatched some extent towards Wolves.

Forest, who’ve splashed out on 17 gamers since promotion, made the early working earlier than Spurs’ prolific striker silenced the group with a low fifth-minute strike from contained in the penalty space.

Later, Kane uncharacteristically missed a penalty, earlier than making amends with a close-range header within the 81st minute. That was his 201st membership purpose: 187 within the Premier League, 9 within the Championship and 5 in League One.

Spurs’ third victory in 4 video games, plus one draw, left them third within the Premier League on 10 factors – two behind north London rivals Arsenal who’ve had a flawless begin.

Forest, roared on at a raucous Metropolis Floor that had waited 23 years for top-flight soccer to return, had loads of possession and possibilities.

Lewis O’Brien pressured a sensible save whereas Morgan Gibbs-White shot simply over.

However Spurs are the counter-attack masters, and each Kane and strike companion Son Heung-min might have struck extra.

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Stress on Gerrard as Villa booed

Pablo Fornals’ deflected second-half strike was sufficient to see the Hammers open their account for the top-flight marketing campaign after losses to Manchester Metropolis, Nottingham Forest and Brighton.

That can ease among the strain on West Ham coach David Moyes however improve the stress for counterpart Steven Gerrard, whose gamers had been booed off at full-time.

Villa thought they’d taken the lead within the 14th minute, however Ezri Konsa’s purpose was disallowed as Lucas Digne’s nook kick had gone fractionally out of play.

Ollie Watkins was a relentless menace for Villa within the opening exchanges and noticed one shot deflected behind by Kurt Zouma earlier than one other tame header was straightforward for Lukasz Fabianski within the guests’ purpose.

For all of the huffing and puffing of Gerrard’s aspect, they’d little to point out when it comes to clear possibilities as West Ham weathered the storm. Gianluca Scamacca, on his first Premier League begin, helped out defensively by heading over a harmful free kick from Douglas Luiz.

Moyes was pressured to convey off Ben Johnson at half-time because of harm and made one other change for the second half with Stated Benrahma launched instead of debutant Emerson Palmieri, which noticed the Hammers swap again to their favoured 4-2-3-1 formation.

It instantly improved their show and the guests ought to have scored within the 56th.

Fornals performed Jarrod Bowen via after John McGinn’s slip however Digne produced an outstanding sliding deal with after good preliminary work by fellow full-back Matty Money.

A neat one-two between Tomas Soucek and Scamacca noticed the latter take a look at Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez simply previous the hour mark, however the Italian was withdrawn for Michail Antonio quickly after.

The Hammers remained the aspect within the ascendancy and, with 16 minutes remaining, Fornals opened the scoring at Villa Park.

Zouma introduced the ball ahead and located captain Declan Rice, who picked out Fornals and the Spaniard’s 25-yard effort deflected off Konsa and looped over Martinez to place West Ham forward.

Villa tried to reply shortly and Money curled over, however Gerrard noticed his aspect consigned to a 3rd defeat of the season.

Saint-Maximin snatches late level for Newcastle

Allan Saint-Maximin struck a thunderous volley within the ultimate minute to rescue some extent for Newcastle United in a 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers within the Premier League on Sunday.

Ruben Neves broke the impasse within the thirty eighth minute, rifling a shot from distance via the legs of Joe Willock and into the online to cap off an excellent transfer that shifted from one wing to the opposite.

Newcastle needed to do with out document signing Alexander Isak, who arrived from Actual Sociedad final week, as his work allow didn’t come via in time, leaving the 22-year-old Swede to observe the sport from the stands.

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Newcastle dominated possession within the second half however the Wolves defence did an excellent job of stifling their attacking aptitude, with winger Saint-Maximin trying a shadow of the participant who had been their best attacking menace this season.

That every one modified, nonetheless, when he smashed in a volley from the sting of the world, they usually virtually grabbed all three factors from a stoppage-time nook, however substitute Elliot Anderson’s header struck the crossbar.

Saint-Maximin’s purpose secured a draw that maintained Newcastle’s unbeaten begin to the season and left them in seventh place on six factors. Wolves are second-bottom of the desk on two factors.

AAP, Reuters, AP

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