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.

Dennis Higler has been appointed the VAR official for Celtic’s crucial Champions League play-off against Kairat Almaty. The Dutch-born official has been a VAR official in the Champions League since 2021. So here are some facts Celtic fans will find interesting:

Celtic are one aggregate victory away from securing a place in the league phase of the Champions League. Kairat of Kazakhstan stand between the Hoops and a seat at Europe’s top table for 2025/26.

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

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 very much in the balance after they were held to a goalless draw in Glasgow by enterprising Kazakh side Kairat. The £40m bounty now lies at the end of a potentially hazardous road for Brendan Rodgers' side, with the ...