Ange Postecoglou's most important Celtic moment a year on as Aussie reflects on title turning point

It might not have been the Ronny Roar but a year ago this weekend, the Postecoglou fist pump made its first appearance after what the Celtic manager believes was the most important game of a campaign that was to end in league and League Cup glory.

Pittodrie, October 3, 2021 and Celtic and their new boss looked like they were on the rack. Away defeats had been suffered at Tynecastle, Ibrox and Livingston. They'd been knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers by Denmark's Midtjylland.

They had not won in nine previous league games on the road; a run going back to February 14 in the previous campaign in the dying throes of Neil Lennon's reign. This was a team, a club, in desperate need of a win at Aberdeen that day and Jota's 84th minute winner was, in Ange Postecoglou's view, the launchpad for the success that was to follow.

It's hard to argue with that assessment. The cold hard facts show that Celtic didn't lose another league game - in fact, their defeat last time out against St Mirren just before the international break was their first Premiership loss in 364 days - and of the 37 domestic matches they played after the 2-1 win in the Granite City, their only domestic reverse came in extra time against Rangers in the Scottish Cup semi final.

The international break, which has seen the Australian's players scattered across the globe, also gave the Celtic boss the chance to return home to publicise Celtic's participation in the Sydney Cup in November, but before leaving, Postecoglou reflected on the troubled start he'd had at Parkhead when trying to build a squad from scratch.

And although he always believed he would get it right, the Aussie reckons that trip to Pittodrie was the day that his players were