Reality Bites for Strachan ; This Was No Battle of Britain Contest -- More Like a Grim Scrap to Retain a Crumb of Respect

Daily MailOctober 23, 2008

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FOR Stephen McManus and Celtic, a grim reality proved inescapable yesterday.

Arriving at Old Trafford on Tuesday night, the champions of Scotland could have faced Manchester United with a fully fit squad, played their best football of the last five years and still lost by three goals.

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Reality Bites for Strachan ; This Was No Battle of Britain Contest -- More Like a Grim Scrap to Retain a Crumb of Respect

Such are the facts of life for the clubs who make up the numbers in the Champions League.

Minus two key strikers and decimated by injury, the Parkhead players were always destined to end the night in a desperate quest to preserve their respectability.

Where once a Battle of Britain was an old fashioned joust with a slice...

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