Butcher left bleeping furious as Caley guilty of comedy of errors
He was particularly aghast about the two goals conceded. Ross Tokeley and keeper Jonny Tuffey were both at fault for Georgios Samaras’s first, before David Proctor made a silly challenge on Gary Hooper to give away a penalty which was converted by Scott Brown to seal the win.
“We made two horrendous mistakes in the game and the second goal was a comedy of errors.
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Hide Ad“But Celtic could have scored more goals from good play and the only positive I can take is that they didn’t,” he said of his opponents, who Inverness will face again in Glasgow on Saturday. “We hardly had a shot, a cross or any decent play in their half. In our seven-match run without a loss we have been a difficult team to beat, but today we were too easy to beat.”
Butcher drew some succour from the fact his team have an opportunity to make instant amends in Glasgow, where they claimed a draw last season.
But his parting shot, after he had once again slammed the performance, said everything: “How do you spell shit, again?”