Following Celtic’s victory at Pittodrie last weekend there has been a bit of back and forth between Ange Postecoglou and Jim Goodwin.
The Hoops dominated the match in the Granite City and deserved all three points which came from a late Callum McGregor strike to restore the league leaders advantage at the top of the table back to nine points.
Under Goodwin, Aberdeen had a pretty decent home record this season having not lost at Pittodrie since early August.
As football had just resumed many thought the Dons would have a good go at Celtic but instead they resorted to anti-football which Ange Postecoglou was not left impressed by.
To reflect the match, Callum McGregor completed more passes than the whole Aberdeen first team which says a lot about their approach to the game.
Following the match, Postecoglou spoke out about constantly being mentioned in the same sentence as their city rivals Rangers with Jim Goodwin coupling the two together.
Postecoglou’s team play a completely different brand of football to the Ibrox club and he was left confused as to why managers can’t think of one without mentioning the other.
Goodwin hit back at the comments made by the former Socceroos boss and was left ‘bemused’ as to why Postecoglou had an issue with it.
“I am not sure why anyone would take offence to a remark like that but I think I just made the point that Celtic and Rangers have dominated the Premier League table for years,” said Jim Goodwin as quoted by Football Scotland.
“I don’t know the last time anyone outwith those two won the league. Is it 37 years? Maybe you can explain that to Ange and tell him that is what I meant. Unfortunately Celtic and Rangers have run away with the league for the last 37 years. I know he is only here a short time so maybe he just needs to look back and see what history tells him.
“In terms of comparing Celtic and Rangers, they have two different styles of play, two different managers but they are both very good teams.
“Ange Postecoglou has got his side playing a very attacking, entertaining and energetic style of football. Michael Beale is a new manager and will maybe take a bit more time to implement his ideas. I am a little bit bemused as to why he would be disappointed with that.”
Many Hoops fans will feel that the Celtic boss was right to call this out as it’s very disrespectful to what Postecoglou is trying to do and achieve at the club.
