Celtic furious over botched refereeing from Spanish ref against Juventus

Celtic will demand UEFA clarification

“If he wasn’t feeling okay then he should have said so. If he felt good then he should have put in a better performance.

“It was just very sloppy individual mistakes for the three goals, something you’d probably get away with on a playground, not in the last 16 of the Champions League.

“There are certain individuals who let the team down. Hopefully this is just a one off.”

Commons was also critical of the referee and told BBC Scotland, “Gary Hooper was pulled down to the ground on far too many occasions and we got no rewards.

“You’ve got a referee there, a guy behind the goal, a linesman.  The whole idea of the official behind the goal is to look out for this sort of stuff.

“If he can’t identify when people are being hauled, manhandled, wrestled to the floor, then I don’t think he should be in a job.”

Inter defender Stephan Lichtsteiner has defended his actions on the night and claimed Celtic have no reason to feel aggrieved at the way Juventus defended.

He told Sky Sports, “It’s normal. I think it is part of football that they play the corners and the free-kicks, and of course they score more than 40 per cent of their goals in the Champions League from free-kicks, and they look to block the goalkeeper.

“It was my role today to keep him away from our goalkeeper Buffon. It is more a foul from him than for me because if you attack the goalkeeper it is a goal.”

Looking ahead to the return leg in Turin, Lennon said, “It is the harsh reality of football at this level. We didn’t get off to a good start but our reaction was fantastic.

“We need a miracle. We have to try to be competitive and try to work our way into the tie, a 3-0 deficit is almost insurmountable. It is a huge ask.”

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