Celts win but injury crisis deepens

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan revealed he now has a full team of players missing through injury after Shaun Maloney limped off during the 2-0 win over Motherwell at Parkhead on Saturday.

Before the visit of the Lanarkshire side, Jean-Joel Perrier Doumbe, Chris Killen, Georgios Samaras, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Marc Crosas, Glenn Loovens, Aiden McGeady, and Artur Boruc — set for a knee operation today — were all out through injury with only Samaras on his way back in the short term.

To add to Strachan’s woes, Shunsuke Nakamura was a late call-off after he was sent for a scan on his knee injury and youngster Paul McGowan was also ruled out.