Within the open air of the Raiffeisen Enviornment, with bedlam throughout, there was nowhere to cover for Celtic or Martin O’Neill.
The Scottish champions had endured one of many darkest nights of their European historical past.
After going out to Kairat Almaty on penalties final yr at this stage of the Champions League play-offs, that’s saying one thing.
4 targets up on combination in opposition to LASK, O’Neill’s Celtic in some way conspired to implode in a second half with little signal of a response on the best way to a 5-4 combination loss following further time.
There was no hiding place, and the Celtic supervisor was frank when put within the highlight at full-time.
“I am answerable for this one,” he mentioned.
“Definitely. Naturally it took me a very long time to recover from the Uefa Cup ultimate in 2003 however this was majorly disappointing.
“Within the context of issues, one was a ultimate which it could have been terrific to win, this was a qualifying sport which we should always have been capable of get by way of.
“We all know that we’re 1,000,000 miles from the completed article. That is completely true. I believe we thought that anyway.”
