Gordon: Good To Be Back In Action

Last updated : 20 July 2014 By Ed_ScottishFitba

C:WindowsTempphpDDEA.tmpCraig Gordon is hoping to play more games for Celtic after making his first appearance in over two years as part of the team which drew 1-1 with Dynamo Dresden on Saturday. The former Scotland 'keeper kept a clean sheet before being replaced by Lukasz Zaluska at half-time. Gordon's appearance was his first since featuring for Sunderland in April 2012, with that 2-2 draw against Bolton Wanderers his only competitive outing since February 2011. The former Hearts keeper is happy to be back after recovering from a knee problem and he now wants to push for regular football in Ronny Deila’s side.

Gordon said: "I was a little nervous but I get that before every game. It felt like a big moment for me. I’ve worked really hard over the past couple of years to get to this point and although it was only 45 minutes it’s definitely a step in the right direction for me. I hope to move on and play more games. I want to play. I’ve done a reasonable amount of training since January. It’s the game situations I am looking forward to getting into now. Doing that has been a large part of my life and not to have that over the past couple of years has been difficult."