Strach enjoys Bhoys show
18 Oct 2006 - 11:30:00
Gordon Strachan was full of praise for his Celtic players after they swept aside Benfica 3-0 at Parkhead to raise hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stages.
A Kenny Miller double and a late Stephen Pearson effort send the Portuguese packing, with the Bhoys having six points from their first three games.
Strachan said afterwards: "The players can be proud of themselves because I asked for their true personalities to come out on the park and their true personalities came out.
"There was bravery and there was skill to take on a top side.
"If you don't like this sort of occasion and if it is too much, then you will crumble, but I don't think anybody crumbled.
"We started well but never scored, then Benfica came into it and that spooked the crowd.
"But then we came back and I thought some of the goals, the movement, and everything about the game was good."