Martin O’Neill defends Kasper Schmeichel after Celtic’s Europa League humbling

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CREDIT: UEFA 2026Celtic manager Martin O’Neill defended Kasper Schmeichel after the goalkeeper was booed by his own fans during a 4-1 defeat by Stuttgart.The 39-year-old was slow to get down to the first goal of a Bilal El Khannouss double and made a poor attempt to claw away a low drive from Jamie Leweling, which made it 3-1.The Denmark international was jeered by a section of supporters every time he touched the ball in the subsequent five minutes and he drew sarcastic cheers when he got down to save a low drive from Tiago Tomas.

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00:00Some fans also, Martin, reacted to Kaspar Schmeichel and his performance,

00:04you got a bit of a hard time, what did you make of that?

00:06I genuinely did not, I was asked that question in there and I didn't know that.

00:12All I will say is, we played Feyenoord in a game that we probably had to win,

00:23and I think it was one each at the time, and he made an unbelievable save,

00:27otherwise we wouldn't be here playing tonight.

00:31So, anyway, this is a team game and we'll all have to deal with it.

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