Nancy became the first Celtic manager to lose his opening two games on Thursday and there was worse to come at Hampden.

Celtic fell behind to Marcus Fraser’s header after 90 seconds before Reo Hatate levelled midway through the first half. But St Mirren were worthy winners through their second-half performance as Jonah Ayunga’s double took the trophy to Paisley.

Nancy took over a team that had won seven out of eight games under interim manager Martin O’Neill but opted to change Celtic’s long-standing 4-3-3 formation and start with three centre-backs, wing-backs, a box midfield and a lone striker.

Celtic have suffered three consecutive defeats for only the third time in 30 years.

When asked if his formation change had backfired, the former Columbus Crew head coach said: “Not at all beca

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