Ange Postecoglou has been disappointed but not disheartened by Celtic’s performances in the UEFA Champions League this season,where they have just one point to show for their first four games.
Paris Saint-Germain have described as “complete nonsense” reports that they hired a digital agency to smear potential critics,including their own star forward Kylian Mbappe.
Shakhtar Donetsk went ahead one minute after half-time but they were denied a famous victory when Antonio Rudiger levelled five minutes into stoppage time.
Maty Ryan is in a heated battle with an FC Copenhagen teammate who has taken veiled public shots at the Australian’s ability and declared the two are “not friends”.
Celtic remain rooted to the bottom of Group F while an Erling Haaland double set Manchester City on course for their latest five-goal rout and big-spending PSG were held by Benfica.
Four-time winners Ajax Amsterdam are in danger of missing the Champions League knockout stages after suffering their biggest-ever European defeat at home to Napoli.
Mathias Pogba is one of five people in police custody over an alleged extortion plot,while injured brother Paul took no part in Juventus’ Champions League loss to Benfica.
The former Bavarian goalscoring machine was left to rue missed opportunities against his former club,while a late winner did the job for Liverpool against Ajax.
Juergen Klopp’s side continued their poor record against the Italians while there were wins for Bayern Munich,Ajax,Barcelona and the Reds’ EPL rivals Tottenham.
Ange Postecoglou’s men can hold their heads up high - they went toe-to-toe with arguably the best team in the world and came up short,as most predicted they would,but at least they didn’t die wondering.
Celtic have gone down swinging against the European champions,losing 3-0 to Real Madrid in Ange Postecoglou’s UEFA Champions League debut.