Mistake against Fenerbahce behind me-Efe Ambrose

 
 
 
 
 
 
CELTIC defender Efe Ambrose is working to ensure he will never repeat the Europa League "gift" he gave to Fenerbahce.
The 26-year-old Nigeria international spoke about the calamitous mistake he made at Celtic Park earlier in the month which led to Ronny Deila's men throwing away a two-goal lead against the Turkish side.
Strikes by Leigh Griffiths and Kris Commons put the Hoops in a commanding position but the match turned just before the break when Ambrose was woefully short with a back header to keeper Craig Gordon, allowing substitute Fernandao to score, with the Brazilian heading a leveller just after the restart.
Naijasportsxtra.blogspot.com sourced from The Scotsman as the Nigerian looked ahead to the visit to Motherwell in the Ladbrokes Premiership on Saturday, where he hopes Euro lessons learned are put into operation.
"It is not easy," he said. "But as a player you sometimes find yourself in those situations
"It can happen to anybody not just Efe Ambrose.
"It was a gift for them but the most important thing is the management, the gaffer, the players stood by me. They know it can happen.
"Sometimes in football, when the defender or the goalkeeper makes the mistake, everybody sees it.
"If Craig was able to catch the ball then no one would speak about this, it is not a mistake but the communication between me and Craig was not there.
"I have put that behind me and will work harder to make sure that kind of thing will never happen again, because you learn from your mistakes and I believe I have learned from this and I will move on.
"When you know the team is behind you it picks you up and the gaffer stood by me and I really appreciate that. It is not easy but I am getting back stronger again."