Celtic finally put their Champions League demons to bed last night in a game where there was arguably less pressure on the players than in the previous five group matches this season. There was talk of the game being a “dead rubber” leading into the season’s final
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Celtic stuttered to a 2-1 defeat at Rugby Park against Derek McInnes’ Kilmarnock side yesterday, and it was a performance bereft of the desire, hunger and tempo that have been hallmarks of the Parkhead side’s last two campaigns. Brendan Rodgers’ league-leaders passed up plenty of big opportunities
Read more →“Europe is always a big factor for this club,” insisted Brendan Rodgers just three days after making a seemingly unthinkable return to Celtic Park back in June. Rodgers hoped to progress in Europe by playing his own brand of “attacking, aggressive football” that was still fresh in
Read more →Another Champions League campaign has come and gone and, once again, it is the same old issues that have left Celtic fans scratching their heads. Out of the competition with a game to go, it’s been another European campaign where fans have had very little to cheer,
Read more →Celtic’s Champions League fate was sealed for another season on Tuesday night after a 2-0 loss to Lazio in Rome left the club without European football after Christmas for the second successive season. Celtic’s European record makes for grim reading – No wins in the Champions League
Read more →Celtic saw their hopes of securing European football after Christmas come to an end as they lost 2-0 against Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio side on Tuesday night. The result saw the team drop out of the Champions League with a late brace from Ciro Immobile succumbing Celtic to
Read more →Celtic return to the road and return to European action when they make the trip to Rome to face Italian giants Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico. The Glasgow side’s current position in the group means that the final two fixtures against the Biancocelesti, followed by Feyenoord in
Read more →Celtic face a monumental task to secure European football after Christmas. To secure Europa League football, Celtic would have to win the remaining two Champions League group fixtures. When you consider the fact that Celtic haven’t won a Champions League group stage fixture since 2017, it just
Read more →Brendan Rodgers finds himself in an extremely tricky situation regarding his team selection for tonight’s Champions League encounter with Lazio. His biggest concern will undoubtedly be in the wide areas, where Celtic’s options for this massive fixture are threadbare to say the least. Injuries to Daizen Maeda
Read more →Brendan Rodgers has experimented with multiple midfielders over the last few weeks, as he looks to find the solution to Reo Hatate’s absence. Hatate picked up the injury just five minutes into Celtic’s Champions League draw with Atlético Madrid at Celtic Park and isn’t expected back until
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