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Celtic 0 Kairat Almaty 0: PLAYER RATINGS: Which home player stood out on a grim night at Parkhead?
Celtic's hopes of landing £40million Champions League bounty look slim with gruelling journey to Kazakhstan coming next week Injury to Johnston set the tone for a worrying evening as fans made their feelings known Click here to visit the Scotland home ...
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Celtic 0-0 Kairat: What Rodgers said
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: "We're disappointed with the result and first-half performance. We didn't start with the intent and mentality we wanted to. We were quite passive. "We weren't moving as a team as we would like. The second half was better, we started well, but couldn't find the breakthrough in the final third of the pitch.
HAD Kairat kept their watches on Kazakh time the match would have ended at 2am. But Celtic could have played all night long and still not scored. Brendan Rodgers’ side now face an exhausting 11
Aleksandr Zarutskiy was the standout performer, making crucial saves to keep Celtic at bay and ensuring Kairat left Glasgow with a valuable draw. Celtic had a staggering 15 corners compared to Kairat's 3, yet failed to convert any into goals.
The Kazakh side have battled through three rounds of qualifying to set up a Champions League play-off with Celtic.
Here are the talking points as the Celtic board took both barrels from the crowd, after a goalless draw put their Champions League hopes in jeopardy.
Brendan Rodgers will celebrate a landmark moment in his career as Celtic face Kairat Almaty. The Hoops manager is one of the most successful in Celtic’s history and really doesn’t know anything other than winning. Across two spells, Rodgers has won multiple trophies and will be hoping to replicate that.
Celtic's Champions League hopes hang in the balance as the Scottish champions are held to a goalless draw by Kazakh side Kairat in the first leg of the play-offs at Celtic Park.