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Two tweets from BBC Sportsound pundit Tam McManus highlight one area where Christopher Jullien must improve in the future.
During the 2-2 draw with Livingston on Wednesday, McManus took to social media to criticise Jullien’s performance on two occasions.
Twitter: Julien 🙈 Dykes giving him a doing again. (@The_Tman10)
Twitter: Julien is having a shocker here 🤦🏼♂️ (@The_Tman10)
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There isn’t too much Jullien can be criticised for this season, following what has been a strong debut campaign for Celtic thus far.
The Frenchman became Celtic’s second most expensive player last summer when he completed a £7million move from Toulouse (BBC Sport), and that fee has been largely justified given his form this season.
Jullien has scored seven goals and chipped in with two assists from defence in all competitions (Transfermarkt), including crucial strikes against Lazio in the Europa League and Rangers in the League Cup final respectively.
He was also included in WhoScored’s Team of the Last 32 in the Europa League, after completing the highest number of clearances and winning more aerial duels than any other player who featured in that round.
However, both of his performances away against Livingston have identified one weakness in his game.
On both occasions, the Frenchman has been unable to deal with the physicality of the likes of Lyndon Dykes up front for Livi.
And Jullien himself even took to Instagram to apologise to supporters after the surprise 2-0 defeat back in October.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3r8TOyoDvQ/
But as McManus suggests, Dykes was getting the better of him once again on Wednesday.
So while he has enjoyed what has been a very good debut season thus far, those performances against Livi have outlined how he needs to be more prepared in games when he comes up against physical forwards.
