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St Mirren 0 Celtic 5: Joe Ledley will enjoy further vindication of his decision Tony Romo Jerseyto join Celtic when he takes to the field at the Nou AB1025zyh Camp tomorrow night.The Wales international (25) raised some eyebrows two years ago when he turned down the chance to go to England to sign for the Parkhead club from Cardiff.Ledley's dream of playing in the Champions League came true this season and, after helping the Hoops to a 5-0 Clydesdale Bank Premier League win over St Mirren in Paisley, he turned his attention to Barcelona.
“It's taken a while but we're finally here — qualifying is a Demarcus Ware Jerseyfantastic achievement — and we all look forward to these sorts of games.“We just need to go there and enjoy it and you never know what could happen.“They're a fantastic team, for me the best in the world.“It's going to be a big step-up for us and it'll be more difficult than we're used to.“They'll have more of the ball than we will and are sure to attack well. So we'll need to be on our toes, defensively as pairings and as a unit.
We've done well so far but there isn't too much pressure on Morris Claiborne Jerseyourselves. If we can stop them then hopefully we can counter-attack.“But we believe we can go there and do something. It's a great opportunity for us.”Celtic will travel to Barcelona buoyed by a sparkling performance against the Buddies.Victor Wanyama's double amid goals from Gary Hooper, Efe Ambrose and Tony Watt gave Hoops manager Neil Lennon the commanding victory he was looking for ahead of their meeting with the Catalan giants, whom they trail at the top of Group G after two games.
Ledley said: “”It was a fantastic performance, especially Felix Jones Jerseyin the first half. We defended really well, created loads of opportunities and, on another day, we could have scored more goals. The gaffer said it was a game we needed to win with Tuesday in mind, just to boost our confidence.“We did that and now look forward to facing Barcelona.”St Mirren manager Danny Lennon highlighted the difference in resources between the two clubs as he licked his wounds.
Celtic skipper Scott Brown (hip), winger James Forrest (groin) and Sean Lee Jerseymidfielder Kris Commons (hamstring) were missing and striker Georgios Samaras was left out to allow a recent elbow injury to heal further with full-backs Emilio Izaguirre and Mikael Lustig starting on the bench.The Saints boss said: “I thought Celtic's transition from defence to attack was incredible.“They were in their own box and within five seconds they were having at attempt at our goal.
Hearts lost another player to injury in the 52nd minute when News From:2012cowboys.comJohn Sutton Keith Brooking Jersey replaced Paterson, who had taken a knock on the back of his leg.The visitors were keeping Celtic in their own half without creating any chances and Neil Lennon made a change in the 70th minute, replacing Hooper with Beram Kayal and moving to a 4-3-3.The tactical change immediately worked.Commons fired just over the top corner after good skill in the box and Enckelman pushed Izaguirre's strike past his near post after the left-back had nutmegged Ryan McGowan.