IT’LL go down as Celtic’s best defeat in years.
A night when the supporters went home happier than they have done after some big wins.
Jozo Simunovic glanced a header past keeper Craig Gordon to score an OG that gave Anderlecht a Champions League victory.
But ultimately the Belgian champions couldn’t win by the three-goal margin they needed.
It’s the last 32 of the Europa League for Brendan Rodgers’ side when the competition starts back in February.
This result was good enough for Celtic to secure third spot in Group B despite the way this game ended. And in the cold light of day that’s all that mattered,
But, boy, this wasn’t half a tough night for the nerves and tension.
Celtic played nowhere near their best with Anderlecht likely to have jetted off home last night with a sense of what might have been.
It wasn’t a big Celtic performance and it certainly wasn’t pretty. How Anderlecht weren’t ahead by half-time heaven only knows.
What a chasing they gave Rodgers’ side for 45 minutes.
Their passing was sensational. Their movement sublime. Their all round technical ability would have been a joy to watch for any neutral.
Celtic just couldn’t get a proper foothold in the game that was passing them by.
Had the Belgians been a couple of goals ahead there wouldn’t have been many home fans here who would have dared complain.
But they weren’t.
For all of their dominance it was still 0-0 at the break on a night when Anderlecht needed to win by three clear goals.
Not that Celtic could take a huge amount of credit for that.
From The Sun
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