Celtic reach Europa League despite Simunovic gifting Anderlecht win

05 December 2017 09:39
Brendan Rodgers was keen to accentuate positives after Celtic’s latest European disappointment. Perhaps he was quite right to; from a Champions League section that also included Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain, Europa League football after Christmas was always the fairest target.Celtic confirmed third place in unimpressive fashion, though, and with only three points. Victory in the head-to-head scenario with Anderlecht was necessary to extend Celtic’s European stay, after the Belgians secured success in Glasgow which should really have been by more than one goal. Celtic were second best in every department with their manager, curiously, citing the “context of the game” as problematic. It was Celtic who entered this tie with the glaring advantage, after all, having swaggered to a 3-0 success in Belgium. Related: Willian miss costly as Chelsea denied top spot by draw with Atlético Madrid Related: Manchester United hit back to beat CSKA Moscow and clinch top spot Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian