The manner in which Dundee United conceded the goals in their 4-0 defeat to Celtic on Saturday was the biggest disappointment for manager Jim Goodwin.
Yang Hyun-jun broke the deadlock in Glasgow's East End with a low driven effort into the bottom-left corner. Arne Engels made it two before the break as Benjamin Nygren and Daizen Maeda got on the scoresheet in the second 45.
"I think the biggest disappointment for us today is the manner of the goals [we conceded]," Goodwin said post-match. "I think when we watch him back and analyse them, I think they're so avoidable, the third one, Nygren is, okay, he gets the break of the ball off of Ross Graham, he's trying to block the shot, but he's eight yards from goal and got acres of space to pick his finish, and then the fourth one, again, I think we can do better.
"So I'm not trying to say here and say, we deserved anything, because I thought I felt that we were really good, but you know, over the years that I've been here, you know, whatever club I've been at, the season has never been defined in terms of what you do at places like this [Celtic Park].
Read more:
- How Falkirk strengthened top six hopes with brilliant away win at St Mirren
- Livingston and Kilmarnock both continue winless runs as bottom two draw
- Kieron Bowie earns Hibs a point in entertaining Motherwell clash
"We've got to pick ourselves up because we've got a huge game coming next weekend against Ayr United in the [Scottish] Cup, and that's not going to be an easy fixture either.
"Obviously, we'll be big favourites going into the game, but, you know, we have to make sure that we perform better than what we did today."
Pressed on a strong challenge by Celtic's Julian Araujo on Will Ferry in the first half, which resulted in a yellow card for the Mexican, Goodwin added, "For me, it was a kind of a dangerous tackle if I'm being honest, he looked as if he was a little bit out of control and he's certainly caught Will Ferry a little bit high on the ankle.
"It didn't seem the VAR spent too much time looking at it. Those are the kind of decisions that when you come to a place like this with Celtic playing the way they were at the time, you need those types of decisions to go in your favour. Unfortunately, today that wasn't the case."
