Celtic 6-0 St Mirren: Postecoglou wants side to be ‘relentless’

Teenage winger Liel Abada (left) grabbed two first-half goals in the routCeltic manager Ange Postecoglou has demanded his team remain “relentless” after storming to the Scottish Premiership summit for the first time in year with a six-goal thrashing of 10-man St Mirren.A David Turnbull hat-trick, Liel Abada brace and Odsonne Edouard finish made it back-to-back 6-0 league wins.The visitors had Alan Power dismissed in the first half for a late challenge.”Right to the end, we were pushing,” the Celtic boss told BBC Scotland.”We set off at a good tempo and put them under pressure. The sending off enabled us to control the game very well.”We want to be relentless in our pursuit of playing our football. This was a good test of that.”Reaction & as it happenedCeltic complete Juranovic dealPostecoglou’s men are preparing themselves perfectly for a seismic week in which they go to AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League on Thursday, followed by the first Old Firm derby of the season at Ibrox next Sunday.St Mirren, still without a league win this term, drop to 11th in the table.The Paisley side, missing their manager Jim Goodwin due to a positive Covid-19 test, will need to put a sobering afternoon’s work behind them as they face a tough test against St Johnstone next weekend.The last meeting between these sides at Parkhead resulted in a grim 2-1 defeat for Celtic in January – St Mirren’s first victory in Glasgow’s East End for 31 years. That result left Neil Lennon’s side 23… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
Read More