This was the first ever meeting of Celtic and Lazio, which did not stop the pair behaving as if old foes. The upshot was a gripping encounter, whereby the lack of artistic merit did not particularly matter. Lazio will feel sharp frustration at not taking a point from a match they contributed so heavily to; Christopher Jullien rose to meet an 89th-minute Ryan Christie corner, with the defender subsequently planting the ball beyond Thomas Strakosha.That Lazio’s focus may be elsewhere was illustrated by their starting line-up. Simone Inzaghi left Ciro Immobile, whom Neil Lennon branded the best striker in Serie A, among the visiting substitutes. Celtic’s priority is the claiming of their domestic title, for what would be the ninth time in succession, but European matches form such an intrinsic part of the club’s makeup that they would never take a fixture such as this lightly. Continue readingreadfullarticle
