Chris Sutton reckons today's surprise defeat at St Mirren might prove to be 'not a bad thing'.
Celtic's 100 per cent start to this season and their long-standing unbeaten run was brought to an end in Paisley as Ange Postecoglou's men went down 2-0 to the Buddies. The Aussie boss made six changes to the team that shared the spoils with Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League during the week.
His rotation never paid off as Stephen Robinson's men claimed a major scalp thanks to goals from Mark O'Hara and Jonah Ayunga. The result means the Hoops failed to restore their five-point advantage at the top of the Premiership over Rangers - with the gap now standing at two following the Light Blues' weekend win over Dundee United at Ibrox.
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Celtic hero Sutton reckons maybe too many key players were left out for today's shock loss with the likes of Cameron Carter-Vickers, Jota and Reo Hatate - who both came on at half-time - big misses from the start.
However, he believes a shock result like today can prove the catalyst in their pursuit of a second consecutive title as it lets Posteocoglou's players know they've 'not cracked it'.
Reacting to the 2-0 defeat, he wrote on Twitter: "Lots of changes for Celtic today and maybe too many key players left out.
"Not the same without CCV, Jota, Hatate and missed McGregor’s speed of passing in the pivot role early on… sometimes a result like this isn’t a bad thing to let the players know they’ve not cracked it!"
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