Friendly Highlights | Sligo Rovers 2-3 Celtic | Celts win in return to Ireland! 🟢⚪

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It was an entertaining win for the Celts as Luis Palma grabbed at hat-trick at The Showgrounds in Sligo as Celtic reconnected with their Irish roots in a wonderful friendly against Sligo Rovers.

Brendan Rodgers’ team made the trip over to Sligo with a changed side hoping to get some minutes in the legs of youth players and those on the fringes of the first-team.

Celtic started brightly at The Showgrounds, with Palma making an early impression by capitalising on a defensive lapse from Sligo. Driving forward, the Honduran’s clever effort just missed the mark.

Palma’s persistence paid off in the ninth minute when he opened the scoring for the Hoops. Luke McCowan and Yang combined superbly on the right, and Yang’s low delivery evaded the defence, allowing Palma to slot home at the back post.

However, Sligo responded quickly and decisively. Kailin Barlow levelled the score in the 13th minute after latching on to a deflected pass. His curling effort was parried by Scott Bain but ultimately found its way into the net.

Just four minutes later, Sligo took the lead through Simon Power, who cut inside from the right and unleashed a powerful strike low to Bain’s right, sending the home support into raptures.

Celtic looked to regain control, but Sligo continued to pose problems. Bain was called into action several times, denying Power and Fitzgerald to keep the Hoops in the contest. Celtic’s best chance to equalise came in the 41st minute when Francis Turley’s deflected effort looped harmlessly into McGinty’s hands.

The Hoops came out firing in the second half and nearly equalised in the 49th minute. Good interplay between McCowan and Irishman Turley ended with a blocked shot, denying the Hoops an early breakthrough.

Palma, who had been dangerous all evening, almost found the top corner with a free-kick from 18 yards in the 52nd minute, but the ball crept just wide. Moments later, Lewis Dobbie had a golden opportunity to equalise from close range, but his header missed the target.

Wave after wave of Celtic attacks kept Sligo pinned back, with McCowan’s effort in the 75th minute cleared off the line by Charlie Wigan’s brilliant header. The chances kept coming, and the Hoops looked certain to equalise when Samuel Isiguzo nodded wide and Yang missed another clear opportunity soon after.

Celtic’s perseverance finally paid off in the 89th minute. Sean McArdle’s cross found Palma at the back post, and the Honduran calmly slotted it in for his second goal of the night.

Just two minutes later, Celtic completed the comeback. Isiguzo, who had been involved in much of Celtic’s attacking play, delivered a fantastic ball in and Palma finished at the back post to secure a dramatic 3-2 win for the Bhoys.

It was a spirited display from both sides, but Celtic’s late show ensured they left Sligo with a hard-earned victory.

Sligo Rovers: McGinty, Morahan, Denham, Wiggett, Hutchinson, Henry-Francis, Malley, Barlow, Fitzgerald, Pearce, Power.

Subs: Brush, Mooney, McElroy, Mahon, Radosaljevic, Malone, Muldoon, McDonagh, Reynolds.

Celtic: Bain, Agbaire (Bonetig 61), Welsh, Nawrocki, Valle (Robertson 45), McCowan, Turley, Bonnar (McArdle 61), Yang, Palma, Dobbie (Isiguzo 61).

Subs: Morrison, Rice, Robertson, Bonetig, McArdle, Dargie, Davidson, Cannon, Haddow, Isiguzo.
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Love the way Scottish players like Luke McCowan are up for EVERY game for the hoops!!! No whinging about the amount of games or being tired??? Well done Bhoys!! 🍀

paulclarke
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Well in Luis Palma. Rate him as the second choice on the left, just needs to get his confidence after that injury again. Champions League performances last season were brilliant.

S.Fitzy
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I never thought I would have the quality to be Celtics 3rd choice GK ...

brianmmacu
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Sligo Rovers is a great club. Love to see a packed stadium. They have very good footballers and a very positive philosophy. They beat Motherwell 3-0 on aggregate in the ECL in 2022, so clearly no mugs. Clubs like Sligo are vital to the future of football.

gfficomable
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Bien lo mejor Luis Palma, excelente, serás mejor cada día, arriba el Celtic FC🎉

DarwynZuniga
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3 goals all scored at the back post ..hopefully a sign of things to come from Palma..

SelaphielGodsAngel
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Muchas bendiciones hechale ganas la vida te golpea duro y es cuando la mayoría te da la espalda

oscarmaldonado
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Good experience for some of the fringe players but Scott Bain, sure that wasn’t Barkas?😂

johnwatt
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Best thing to come out this game is Bain should NEVER play for the first team again!!!

paulclarke
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How shite is Bain ? I get he's 3rd choice but wow .

rippedtorn
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That equaliser by Sligo for the first is an absolute HOWLER by Bain !

Must’ve been hanging about with Barky too much 😂

MultiJoe
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Just shows how bad Barkas was when Brain was preferred during the Covid season. Good to see some of the young guys.

jasonmudgarde
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Great from Yang, deserves more chances in the first team

andrewrussell
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It was a friendly and a win but good Sligo played well

magnusmowat
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343 needed for Europe & beyond, get that extra width across the backline 🤔

Keep a tight back 3

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marke
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Why Celtic gave yet ANOTHER contract to Scott Bain absolutely mystifies me!!!! This is the perfect type of match to see what that new goalkeeper we just bought is all about, and how good he really is. God, I'd even give Benji Seigrist the jersey 9 and a half times out of 10. The only 0.5 times Bain should get the jersey ever again is if EVERY other goalkeeper at the club is injured ((right down to the under 15's)). I suppose I can't blame him if he is happy not having to bother playing and is picking up easily 10k a week! But, 2 goals in injury time to seal a very tight win was good to see. A bit of Ange still coming through with the WE NEVER STOP slogan coming true yet again. Great to see Luis Palma netting a hat-trick too. Massive credit to Sligo Rovers for their efforts too and must have felt VERY hard done by, losing 2 goals in a couple of minutes right at the death. COYB&GIG

DavidMcConnell-epud
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Mister gol.made frome vida de la ceiba.amaizing job.grande palma

anuarali
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That defence & midfield is absolutely shocking

michaelhickland
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Well done sligo some nice football against the scottish champions great crowd too 🇮🇪

wboyle
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Who is that Palma fellow? Lucky poker player in my op.
He took the Irish luck for himself.

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