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Mowbray blast for held Hoops

09 Nov 2009 - 13:18:27

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Tony Mowbray accused Celtic of producing their worst performance of his reign following a 3-3 draw with Scottish Premier League basement-boys Falkirk on Sunday.

The Hoops have struggled to find their best form since Mowbray replaced Gordon Strachan in the hot-seat during the summer and the former West Bromwich Albion boss has often been critical of the squad he inherited.

But following a see-saw game in which Scott McDonald was forced to grab a late equaliser for the league leaders, Mowbray pulled no punches.

"It was a tired performance," he claimed. "It's as poor as we've been this season but, if we take a positive, it's that we always endeavoured to get back into it.

"We're disappointed to have dropped points. The team showed great desire to overturn the position at 2-1 down."

Referring to the the midweek Europa League stalemate with Hamburg in Germany, he added: "They could have felt sorry for themselves because it's been a tough, tiring week.

"Sometimes we have mentally tiring performances after Europe and today was one of those. The team didn't play well, I was aware of that."