Ange Postecoglou diplomatically talked his way around media questions about some Celtic fans failing to observe a minute of silence before the kick-off of today’s 4-2 win over Dundee.
The Sky Sports microphones clearly picked up a small number of fans chanting as the rest of the ground stood in silence with both sets of players around the centre circle.
It would have been easy for Postecoglou to blank the questions asked of him but he responded in a respectful way with news desks looking for a reaction to an issue being covered in depth on social media.
? “You’d have to ask the individuals why they felt the need to do that…”
Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou has his say on the disrupted silence. He’s ok with the tennis balls but would prefer any protests didn’t disrupt the game. pic.twitter.com/a2yFAFTJwE
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The Australian seems to have a natural instinct in how to deal with sensitive issues, back in August he found the right tone to react to social media clips of Kyogo Furuhashi being racially abused.
On the park Postecoglou had plenty to be happy with as Celtic racked up their fifth away win in five weeks as they make progress domestically and hang on to hopes of progressing in the Europa League.
