'Celtic bereft of quality' at Tannadice
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Dundee United fully deserved their 2-0 Premiership victory against a Celtic side "bereft of quality", according to former Celtic midfielder Scott Allan.
Goals from Will Ferry and Emmanuel Agyei earned United all three points at Tannadice on Sunday, leaving Celtic five points behind leaders Hearts.
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Much has been made of the bare and bobbly playing surface at Tannadice, but Allan says that simply cannot be an excuse for Martin O'Neill's side.
"Once you turn up as a player and you see the surface, straight away you know exactly what type of game it's going to be, especially in that midfield area," Allan told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.
"Dundee United are going to be combative, they're going to make you defend, try get you running back to your goals, but then when you do have your moments and you're a Celtic player, you have to get your foot on the ball and show a bit of composure.
"I just thought they were bereft of any quality and when they did get down the sides there was no real belief that they were going to go by someone and create something.
"[Kelechi] Iheanacho was a strange one for me just to come in, especially in a game like that when we haven't seen much of him of late. But think that just sums up where Celtic are in terms of their number nine this season.
"But Dundee United were well worth it. Will Ferry was excellent.
"As much as Celtic didn't put them under a great deal of pressure, Dundee United took their moments and deserved all three points."