On the winter solstice, some light finally illuminated the darkness of Wilfried Nancy's opening 17 days as Celtic manager. At the fifth time of trying, the Frenchman oversaw his first victory after four wretched defeats across the Scottish Premiership, League Cup and Europa League. For 20 second-half minutes, Celtic were scintillating. With 31 shots on goal, 10 on target and an xG (expected goals) of 4.5, Celtic should have been out of sight. But when Kenan Bilalovic thudded his shot under Kasper Schmeichel to draw 10-man Aberdeen inexplicably level with 16 minutes to remaining, concerns were firmly focused on Nancy again.

Source: BBC December 21, 2025 20:09 UTC