Tony Mowbray made his choice of keeper knowing that both were ready for action.
 Artur Boruc returned to action on Saturday when Celtic manager Tony Mowbray replaced Lukasz Zaluska with his fellow Pole for the 3-0 win over Aberdeen at Parkhead. Mowbray was not worried about making the change despite Boruc just coming back from the knee operation which had given Zaluska the chance to stake his claim for the number one spot. He had impressed in the last eight games when he had been one of Celtic's most consistent players. However, with the Poland and Celtic number one fit and ready again, the Parkhead manager swapped the two keepers around for the visit of the Dons. Mowbray said: "They took the news in a very professional way. You make decisions every week, Zheng Zhi or Barry Robson, Fortune or Samaras, Lukasz or Artur. Those are the decisions you make every single week in every position so it was no harder than any other conversation you have with a footballer. I think they have great respect for each other, they are the same nationality and work very closely in training. Lukasz was very supportive of Artur and focused on making sure he was ready for the game." Mowbray tried hard not to get too excited about Saturday's comprehensive win when they could have doubled the score at least had it not been for the woodwork and Pittodrie keeper Jamie Langfield. Mowbray said: "You are never totally satisfied as a coach. Wednesday night against Hapoel was a good performance, the game over in Hamburg was a good performance and away to Moscow was a good performance. There has been periods in the season where we have been very good, but that has been punctured by the odd game where we have dropped points. The key is to believe what you are doing and make sure that the players continue to believe that is the way to win football games." One player who has the belief in how Celtic are playing is defender Andreas Hinkel. He knew his teammates had to be patient as they battled against a packed Aberdeen defence before getting the breakthrough through McDonald. Hinkel said: "We have three wins in a row now but it is difficult when the opponents play deep. Sometimes it takes time to score and you have to keep the ball and wait. The first goal was a good example of that, they slept and we took advantage. Sometimes it is difficult but I hope we can keep this style, keep the ball and wait for the chance and then the second half becomes totally different from the first." |
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