I’M not sure if a little of what Christopher Jullien was meaning during the week when he said he was nervous at Livingston wasn’t lost in translation, but it is refreshing in any case to see the defender hold his hands up for what was a poor display.

Perhaps he meant that he was a little too tentative or unsure of himself because of the way that Livingston approached the match, and that is a fair enough assessment.

It wasn’t only Jullien who was unsure on the day though, because his partner in the centre of the Celtic defence, Kristoffer Ajer, was unsteady too.

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In Ajer’s defence, he has been fantastic for Celtic for a long time, and people tend to forget that he is still so young. For his age though, he does have plenty of experience of Scottish football - unlike Jullien - so he should have been prepared for what he was going to face.

I have noticed in recent weeks that he hasn’t quite been at his best, and a tendency to go to ground rather early or needlessly has crept into his game again.

Perhaps the Livingston game will be good for him, just as it was for Jullien, in just giving him a gentle reminder of what is required if you are going to go to these venues and win football matches.

At times, he can look a class above the opposition in Scotland, and can almost look too good to be playing at this level.

But what that game at Livingston showed was that no matter who you are, football has a way of coming back to bite you if you get a little complacent, and the Scottish game is no different.

Now that he has been given that gentle reminder, I would expect to see Ajer coming back to his best as Celtic enter a crucial run of games.