DEVILRY IS IN THE DETAIL

Liam tells Celts they must learn to use the dark arts in Europe

- CRAIG SWAN

LIAM SCALES reckons Celtic can overcome naivety and bounce back by becoming more streetwise on the shady side of Europe. 

The defender and his colleagues were exposed to a brutal education in their midweek mauling in Madrid.

Atletico were brilliant in attack as, boasting a one- man advantage, they took apart Brendan Rodgers’ Bhoys in swashbuckling fashion.

But Diego Simeone’s side were equally cunning, with players hounding officials to bring about Daizen Maeda’s 23rd-minute red card.

The Japanese was the third Celt to be sent off in two Champions League Group E away games after Gustaf Lagerbielke and Odin Thiago Holm were dismissed in Rotterdam.

And Scales said: “It’s probably we’re a young team and maybe a bit naive at times. You play in Europe and you get nothing out of the referees.

“They’re a lot stricter and tackles you might get away with domestically, they give.

“With VAR, you’re going to pick up red cards in the way we’ve been doing.

“It’s frustrating because, with 11 players on the pitch, we had started the game quite well.