by Weir’s goal set the tone for a difficult evening for Elena Sadiku’s Celtic side as they continued their first-ever Champions League group stage campaign.
After the home defeat against Dutch champions FC Twente and this painful defeat in Madrid, there are now neither points nor goals.
There was no doubt that Real were the dominant team and probably should have made more of their chances early on, but Celtic fought until the final quarter when the dam broke and the hosts scored three late goals.
However, Sadiku insisted that a 2-0 would have been a fairer representation of the game.
“I think the way we played football against a team like Real Madrid was great,” said the Swede.
“I am very proud of the team. We defended well in the first half and got energy from the girls.”
“We created chances in the second half and that could have changed the game. We have to make better use of these.”
“For me, the way we played football and attacked shows what I want with this team.”
Crichton agreed Celtic’s performance was an improvement on the defeat to Twente, where the Scottish champions struggled to create chances.
And if Murphy Agnew and Emma Lawton had made better use of their chances, things might have turned out differently.
“It’s really tough in my opinion,” the former Scotland defender said of the result.
“When you play against top teams you expect that you are without the ball and that your goalkeeper has to work hard and that he has to put everything on the line.”
“If you look at Real’s 31 shots and 14 shots on goal, they were lucky if a quarter of them tested.” [goalkeeper]Kelsey Daugherty.
“Celtic can hold their heads high and hope they dust themselves off and put in a better performance against Chelsea.”
“The Celtic coach said they were better prepared after the Twente game and I would agree with that watching them for the 93 minutes.”
