{"id":5056,"date":"2026-01-04T00:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=5056"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:34:18","slug":"wilfried-nancy-celtic-boss-insists-he-can-turn-things-around-after-rangers-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=5056","title":{"rendered":"Wilfried Nancy: Celtic boss insists he can &#8216;turn things around&#8217; after Rangers defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy insists he is still &#8220;together with the board&#8221; and believes &#8220;we can turn things around&#8221; despite falling to a sixth loss in eight games following the <\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">derby defeat to Rangers<\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Frenchman hailed an &#8220;outstanding&#8221; first half from his team, during which they took the lead through Yang Hyun-Jun and passed up several other chances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, their city rivals roared back in the second period and exposed the home side&#8217;s defensive fragility with a double from Youssef Chermiti and a third from Mikey Moore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 3-1 defeat means Rangers move level on points with second-placed Celtic, who are now six adrift of Hearts after the leaders beat Livingston later on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While fans of the Parkhead side staged a post-match protest directed at the club board, Nancy told BBC Scotland: &#8220;It was disappointing because we deserved more today, but again we needed more goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In the second half, we conceded three goals from throw-ins. It&#8217;s difficult to accept, but it&#8217;s reality. This is not about the players or the tactics, this is about moments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is not about myself, this is about disappointing the fans because I know the meaning of this game. I can understand the disappointment, but I also saw what we&#8217;re able to do. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are really close, there are many things that can turn around. If it was not the case, I would not talk like this. I really believe we can turn things around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are together with the board.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy insists he is still &#8220;together with the board&#8221; and believes &#8220;we can turn things around&#8221; despite falling to a sixth loss in eight games following the derby defeat to Rangers. The Frenchman hailed an &#8220;outstanding&#8221; first half from his team, during which they took the lead through Yang Hyun-Jun and passed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}