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John Kennedy, an assistant manager for Celtic, thinks some of the team's younger players would ultimately gain from the challenging experience they had at Ibrox last weekend.
Yuki Kobayashi, Alexandro Bernabei, and Oh Hyeon-gyu received derby starts, however they lost by a score of 3-0.
Celtic had already clinched the Premiership title and defeated Rangers in both cup tournaments, but the team and fans of Ange Postecoglou were deeply hurt by the team's first derby loss of the season.
Kennedy, though, thinks there was a lot to learn from the match that can aid Celtic's quest for a treble in moving forward.
Every game is an opportunity for us to grow, both personally and as a team, he remarked.
Even if we start off by winning 5-0, we will always point out the good and the bad and share that information with the players both collectively and individually.The same procedure applies when we lose or do poorly. The athletes are aware of that and are quite at ease with it.However, sometimes you might gain a lot from going through that difficult experience.It sometimes just shocks you up a little bit and serves as a reminder that if part of your game is not quite on it or if you don't approach the game with the appropriate attitude, you could lose. When you win every week, that mindset becomes the norm.
Rangers came on to us, we lost a lot of duels, missed a lot of passes, and that put us under pressure right away. "It's important for us to always remember that we play a style that we look to impose on the opposition. "When the game is more challenging, there is certainly more things to look at. "In hindsight, a lot of the boys will look back at that and learn a lot from that, especially the younger lads.
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