Neil McCann’s Celtic Claim Lasted About 90 Seconds

I had to check I’d heard Neil McCann correctly after Celtic’s 5-1 win over Kilmarnock.

Apparently, Killie were the better team in the early stages.

There’s just one small problem with that assessment.

Celtic scored after roughly 90 seconds.

So exactly which glorious period of Kilmarnock domination are we discussing here?

The warm-up?

The teams walking through the tunnel?

Maybe Killie edged the coin toss.

After that, Celtic produced the kind of away performance we’ve been crying out for. Five goals, Kasper Høgh scoring a hat-trick and an attacking display that could quite easily have produced an even more ridiculous scoreline.

Kilmarnock certainly had moments and nobody needs to pretend Celtic controlled every single second of the match. That’s football.

But attempting to manufacture a period where Killie were somehow the superior side when Celtic had already stuck the ball in their net after around a minute and a half is stretching generosity beyond breaking point.

Perhaps McCann was looking for something positive to take from a difficult afternoon. Fair enough.

There’s backing your team, though, and then there’s asking the rest of us to forget what we’ve just watched.

Celtic went to Rugby Park, scored five and left with three points. Høgh left with the match ball.

Killie can keep the moral victory for those opening seconds.

And appropriately enough, I’ll finish this article here.

It’s probably already lasted longer than Kilmarnock’s period of domination against Celtic did.