Hein Vanhaezebrou read on the networks that Bruges had “received a gift goal” against Celtic. He wanted to correct that: according to him, it is exaggerated.
Hein Vanhaezebrouck was keen to emphasize that Club Brugge’s first goal against Celtic, a surreal Carter-Vickers own goal, was not a matter of luck. “I heard here and there that Nicky Hayen stole the rabbit’s foot from the Red Devils,” joked in The Newspaper . “But I don’t agree that this time it was luck.”
The coach explained why he thinks that. “You have to look at the whole picture. It’s one hundred percent to the Club’s credit that Carter-Vickers played that ball in a rushed and wrong way. Maxim De Cuyper was on his back. If he hadn’t , Carter-Vickers could have handled this more calmly.”
Vanhaezebrouck said it was Club’s intensity and pressing that pushed Celtic into error. “Celtic had completely lost control. Bruges were good, very good,” says the former La Gantoise coach.
“The Club played perhaps their best half hour in the Champions League. It wasn’t PSG or Real Madrid, I know that, but the way the Club dominated Celtic in every aspect was impressive .”
Vanhaezebrouck underlined the overall level of Bruges’ play. “A lot of movement, a midfielder who outran the opponent and covered a lot of kilometers. Celtic entered the Club penalty area for the first time in the thirteenth minute, and a second time after more than half -hour. FC Brugge played at the level of the big European teams.
