Many Celtic fans have been fuming at the performance of Mohamed Elyounoussi in the club’s 3-3 draw against Aberdeen on Sunday.
While the Hoops were 1-0 down at half-time at Pittodrie, Callum McGregor made it 1-1 in the second half. Ryan Hedges restored the lead for Aberdeen but Celtic scored twice in two minutes to go 3-2 up.
They failed to hold on to the lead though, as Lewis Ferguson slotted away a penalty in stoppage time to make it 3-3 (as per BBC Sport).
Elyounoussi featured in the game and had started on the left-wing in Celtic’s 4-2-3-1 formation. The Norwegian’s performance left many Celtic fans fuming.
What did Celtic fans make of Elyounoussi’s performance against Aberdeen?
Not Elyounoussi flatters to deceive , luxury player we could do without .
— joe le taxi (@joebirt7) October 25, 2020
Was it a mistake from Celtic to sign Elyounoussi on loan?
Yes
No
I also have no idea what is going on with Elyounoussi.
A fantastic player, so much quality but nothing is happening for him. It’s gutting to see.
— TJDSBlog (@TJDSBlog) October 25, 2020
Lennon picks the team, duffy and elyounoussi are rotten
— Stephen (@COYBIG_GGAW) October 25, 2020
Going forward I think that Duffy needs a spell on the sidelines. Jullien or Bitton to partner Ajer
For me Elyounoussi should drop out, we don’t know his best position and he doesn’t offer enough
Griffiths has to feature, end of
Still Eddy, Forrest etc to come back.
— Tim Trivia (@TriviaTim) October 25, 2020
Elyounoussi for me has to go how he played 90mins baffling. https://t.co/OTjmBfnWj9
— Dec Smith (@Decsmith1967) October 25, 2020
Elyounoussi was on loan at Celtic in the 2019/20 season and he returned to Parkhead on loan for the 2020/21 campaign as well.
In the current campaign, the 26-year-old has made 15 appearances in all competitions and he has directly contributed to nine goals. In the Premiership, he has contributed to four goals in ten games for the Bhoys (as per Transfermarkt).
Some other Celtic fans were also fuming about his performance against Aberdeen on Sunday.
I’ve been a defender of Lennon but with each performance that is getting harder.
He is under massive pressure now.
Bigissue is how many of our players are off form, only about 2/3 have pass marks for the season.
Duffy needs dropped when Bitton is ready.
Elyounoussi? Dreadful. https://t.co/5A1i3MAvcy
— Ryan Carr (@ryan_carr3) October 25, 2020
Duffy has been so poor. So underwhelming since he joined. Elyounoussi is often anonymous. So much wrong. Can’t see Lennon turning things around
— Patrick Murphy (@PatrickMurphy89) October 25, 2020
Don’t even look like scoring they need a change. Do we still have the receipt for Elyounoussi?
— Sandy Bowie (@SandyBowie2) October 25, 2020
Titus Bramble was better than Shane Duffy, Elyounoussi is that bad he doesn’t make the cut for Scottish football and the best place for Neil Lennon is a liquidated Bolton Wanderers
— Fin (@_KieranFinnerty) October 25, 2020
Elyounoussi picked up a rating of 6.56 on Sunday and only five Celtic players picked up better ratings than him in the game. It shows that the performance from him wasn’t too bad and perhaps, the criticism from the fans is a bit unjustified.
Having said that, as many as 16 players have picked up better average ratings than him in the Premiership for Celtic this season. So, he might need to improve his performances soon.