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David McCarthy

Ange Postecoglou's most important Celtic moment a year on as Aussie reflects on title turning point

It might not have been the Ronny Roar but a year ago this weekend, the Postecoglou fist pump made its first appearance after what the Celtic manager believes was the most important game of a campaign that was to end in league and League Cup glory.

Pittodrie, October 3, 2021 and Celtic and their new boss looked like they were on the rack. Away defeats had been suffered at Tynecastle, Ibrox and Livingston. They'd been knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers by Denmark's Midtjylland.

They had not won in nine previous league games on the road; a run going back to February 14 in the previous campaign in the dying throes of Neil Lennon's reign. This was a team, a club, in desperate need of a win at Aberdeen that day and Jota's 84th minute winner was, in Ange Postecoglou's view, the launchpad for the success that was to follow.

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