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title: "Celtic: Fans far from pleased with Scott Brown after CFR Cluj defeat"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "SPFL News"
published: "2019-08-14T21:00:33Z"
modified: "2019-08-14T21:00:33Z"
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# Celtic: Fans far from pleased with Scott Brown after CFR Cluj defeat

**Celtic are out of the Champions League for another season and one man who will likely want to forget last night’s defeat to CFR Cluj quickly is captain Scott Brown.**

With Celtic leading the match 2-1 and the tie 3-2 going into the final 15 minutes of the game, the midfielder handled the ball from a CFR Cluj corner and gave away a penalty from which Billel Omrani scored. \[[via BBC](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49323840)\]

Brown’s night got worse after the match when he ‘liked’ a tweet in which he was tagged that castigated Neil Lennon’s tactics and team selection, as reported by [Football Scotland](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/celtic-captain-scott-brown-latest-16751512).

Upon realising the consequences of that action, the 34-year-old used his own Twitter account to set the record straight.

> Was just flicking through Twitter must of touched the button by accident.. Not my style to slag anyone off on Twitter. I am fully behind the manager and all the players are as well. If anyone should be getting a slagging or a abuse it’s all on me tonight as didn’t perform. Sorry
>
> — Scott Brown (@ScottBrown8) [August 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/ScottBrown8/status/1161420205366681602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Brown came in for some less than celebratory assessments for his performance against CFR Cluj. Ryan Brown of [Read Celtic](https://readceltic.com/2019/08/13/celtic-player-ratings-cfr-cluj-h/) gave him a rating of just four and said: “If his handball was deliberate then it’s utterly inexcusable from the captain.”

For [67hailhail.com](https://www.67hailhail.com/news/celtic-player-ratings-v-cluj-h/), Hamish Carton awarded him a lowly rating of three, saying that he “looked off the pace for a lot of the match”.

These Celtic supporters on Twitter were also critical of Brown after last night’s Champions League exit:

> Well said. You can both go. The single most embarrassing performance by a Celtic captain I've seen in forty years. Just go. And take the ginger Guardiola with you.
>
> — Richard McGinley (@Richiestoke) [August 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/Richiestoke/status/1161503253298909186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/liamcsc/status/1161420773363523587

https://twitter.com/CelticMemeMan/status/1161423706989707265

> Can you explain your thinking behind the handball?
>
> — Mitch (@M\_Mitch0408) [August 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/M_Mitch0408/status/1161421541965541377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Too right mate, you weren’t very good.
>
> — LAC (@LAC67\_) [August 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/LAC67_/status/1161421242852941824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/celjoe7/status/1161543958272647171

> Correct, you didn’t. Major changes needed. McGregor at LB was a shambolic decision. For NL to deny it is fooling nobody. This team needs surgery ASAP
>
> — Michael Callaghan (@MyTownLand) [August 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/MyTownLand/status/1161420646263533569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)