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Askou has kept faith with most of the backroom staff he inherited
Celtic Park, away dressing room: Saturday, 3:52pm “Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou is standing in front of the projector, presenting bird’s-eye view footage from the first half on how to press Celtic’s left side better and where the spaces are to create overloads. There is a tinge of disappointment that they are drawing 1-1 and not still leading the 55-time Scottish champions. Frustration, too, that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is still on the pitch after avoiding a red card. Despite that, playmaker Elliot Watt is prowling the changing room, reminding his team-mates to keep being brave on the ball. ‘We’ve got a right good chance here. Enthusiasm,’ adds defender Stephen O’Donnell. Motherwell had seen 58 per cent of the ball in the first half, and had the same expected goals (xG) and number of shots as Celtic. They had managed 14 touches inside the opposition penalty area compared to Celtic’s eight, and completed 285 passes to the home side’s 191. …”
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