Liam Scales warns Celtic teammates about red card dangers in Champions League clash against Borussia Dortmund, while also expressing confidence in new teammate Auston Trusty.
Liam Scales insists Celtic must be on red alert in Dortmund . And the defender has backed new sidekick Auston Trusty to shine as he believes in a famous Champions League beating of Borussia. Brendan Rodgers’ team head to Germany brimming with confidence ahead of their showdown in the 81,000-capacity Signal Iduna Park. However, there is also caution as they aim to avoid a repeat of last term’s damaging red-card setbacks.
In three group-stage matches on the road last term, Celtic had a trio of dismissals. Gustaf Lagerbielke and Odin Thiago Holm were ordered-off during a loss to Feyenoord, while Daizen Maeda harshly saw red to spark a hammering from Atletico Madrid. Scales knows the importance of avoiding such troubling scenarios in Dortmund and said: “He would have spoken about it before the first game against Bratislava because it killed two fixtures for us, getting men sent off. “Obviously, they were both difficult fixtures last season, but it is important. You’ve seen the ref as well against Bratislava, in every Champions League game. “You can’t really make a foul without picking up a yellow card, so we just need to be careful, but still be intense in our defending. It’s just something we need to look out for. It’s more defensively being solid, keeping 11 men on the pitch and not conceding easy goals. “It’s obviously going to be really difficult and we’ll do very well to get a result, but we believe we can. We also need to go there with a bit of confidence that, if we play our game, we can go and win.” Scales is ready to go and could be partnered by Trusty. Cameron Carter-Vickers missed the weekend rout of St Johnstone with a toe issue and remains a big doubt for Dortmund. Trusty, who arrived for £6million, partnered Scales strongly in Perth and the Irishman has backed him again if called upon. He said: “Austin was brilliant. Won everything. Obviously, two left footers, he got the short straw playing on the right-hand side! He didn’t look out of plac
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