Owen Hargreaves suggests that Celtic should look at Tony Pulis’s West Bromwich Albion regarding defending set-pieces.
Hargreaves was not impressed with the way Celtic defended against Bayern Munich away from home at the Allianz Arena in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Brendan Rodgers’s side went down 3-0 to the Bavarian giants and could have conceded two or three more goals.
Former England international and Bayern midfielder Hargreaves suggested that Celtic should look at West Brom on how to defend from set-pieces.
“Set pieces are about being aggressive,” said Hargreaves on on BT Sport/ESPN on Wednesday night (9:51pm, October 18, 2017) during the post-match coverage of the Champions League match between Bayern and Celtic.
“I think if you want to give yourself a chance, you look at West Brom and Tony Pulis, he gives himself a chance in very game because they do the little things well, and Celtic didn’t do the little things well.”
Hargreaves is right – Celtic could have done better from set pieces against Bayern and could have been better overall defensively.
West Brom under Tony Pulis are brilliant at defending set-pieces, and that is a reason why they have established themselves in the Premier League.
However, even the Baggies would have struggled against a Bayern side in full throttle.
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