Sluggish Celtic held by dogged Dundee United as Brendan Rodgers left frustrated on Tannadice debut - 3 talking points
dailyrecord.co.ukSleepy Celtic stumbled to a goalless draw at Tannadice as the after effects of last weekend's Cup Final classic were there for all to see.Dogged Dundee Utd were happy for Brendan Rodgers' much changed side to do the running, and it proved a task too far for the Premiership leaders, who were weakened out of necessity with the thrills and spills of Hampden seeming a distant memory of those watching on.
A forgettable first half saw nine attempts from Celtic, zero from United and not one on target. Two identical Luke McCowan efforts either side of Kyogo curling over was as close as we came to a goal, while Reo Hatate fired over.
United woke up after the break as Glenn Middleton registered their first attempt within two minutes of the restart. Adam Idah almost woke everyone up from their Christmas stupur immediately after coming on, but dragged a snapshot just wide.
Kyogo almost gift wrapped the opener for the hosts, He tried to dribble out of his own box and Middleton pounced with a sort of tackle-shot combo that Kasper Schmeichel - finally with something to do - had to stretch to keep out.Kyogo didn't fare much better at the other end.
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