Overview
- Celtic’s match at Dundee was stopped for several minutes after away fans threw tennis and bouncy balls and oranges onto the pitch, with banners calling for senior directors to resign.
- Dundee won 2-0 for their first home victory over Celtic since 1988, leaving the champions five points behind leaders Hearts.
- Hearts had gone top with a 3-0 win at Kilmarnock, and a home victory over Celtic at Tynecastle on Sunday would push the gap to eight points.
- Rodgers used a “Honda Civic versus Ferrari” analogy to lament lost firepower and a poor summer window, while insisting the protest was not an excuse and that he must find solutions.
- Pundits linked the ongoing unrest to a dip in confidence, with Celtic failing to score in six games this season, and a columnist reported majority shareholder Dermot Desmond is unlikely to change the board structure as Europa League and domestic tests loom.