Gustaf Lagerbielke earns Celtic first Champions League home win in a decade

“It’ll give players belief that they can compete at this level. That little bit of individual magic from O’Reilly. We didn’t want to wait another year for this so it’s nice to finish the campaign with a big win”.

Good goal, that. 

1. Atletico Madrid - 14pts
2. Lazio - 10pts
3. Feyenoord - 6pts
4. Celtic - 4pts

Atletico and Lazio through to the next round, Feyenoord into the Europa League. Celtic out of Europe but end with a win in a frustrating campaign where they probably deserved a bit more than the four points they got. 

A first win in the Champions League for 15 games for Celtic. Did they deserve it? Probably. Defended excellently, created a fair few chances. Not much in it but they had enough in the end to get the three points. Well done. 

A header at the far post but there are so many white and green shirts in there... it’s then a goalmouth scramble and it is put out for a goal kick...

Six minutes of added time here, so another minute or so to go...

Again, Celtic already out but a win would be something for Brendan Rodgers’ side. Feyenoord have a corner and the keeper goes up...

A bit of a scuffle before the ball comes in... that is how Celtic got their penalty in the first-half. 

It was a wonderful half-chipped cross from Matt O’Reilly and Lagerbielke did everything that was expected and needed of him at the far post. 

The corner is taken quickly. The ball is sent out to the right and then O’Reilly picks up a cross-field ball on the left and lifts in a superb ball to Gustaf Lagerbielke at the far post who calmly nods down –  and home – to put Celtic back ahead!

Celtic 2 Feyenoord 1

Celtic continue to push for that winner. Not sure who is the more likely winning side here. It’s been an entertaining game played at pace. Two goals and plenty more chances which could have been put away but for superb goalkeeping. Frame wins a corner...

Gimenez again from distance but Hart saves in the middle of his goal, comfortably. Feyenoord on the up now... can Celtic weather this... or find a winner?

Nearly! McGregor must be 30 yards out and he sends in a left-footed thunderbolt that raps the crossbar and goes over! The keeper was beaten, I think. 

Minteh crosses from the left, Ueda is there in front of goal but he meekly heads it straight at Joe Hart from about eight yards out. Poor. The ball didn’t have the greatest power on it, and that was probably his problem. 

Giménez has a snap shot from close range but Hart makes another save. 

I said I thought a goal was coming... and then I thought that Celtic had seen off the threat. Arne Slot’s side draw level through Minteh, who picks up a poorly defended cross 10 yards out and lashes beyond Joe Hart with his left foot. The ball in did not look especially dangerous but Celtic didn’t clear the danger, the ball bounced clearly to Minteh. 

It’s another late goal against Celtic...

Celtic 1 Feyenoord 1

Feyenoord have not had much fluency of late as Celtic have played this game very well for a side protecting a one-goal lead. Disrupting wherever they can. Few real chances this half. 

I think Celtic have probably “weathered the storm” as it were... but Feyenoord break. Ayase Ueda has a pop from distance but it’s massively wide and enormously high. A real “row z-er”. He had options in front of him. 

Palma has a nosebleed after taking a whack in the face and he’s coming off? Stephen Welsh is off Gustaf Lagerbielke is on. Mitchel Frame comes on for Palma. 

The game is getting slightly bitty now. Scales is felled by Minteh (he stood on his foot) who has already been booked, and is very, very lucky not to be given his marching orders. 

I said I thought a Feyenoord goal was coming but they just have not yet found that quality to break down a pretty solid Celtic back line, Hart included. Looks like Welsh is going to come off, having picked up an injury of some kind. Palma is down on the ground and having his head - or face - seen to. 

Zerrouki commits another foul. Already booked yet living a dangerous life here. Celtic still without much of the ball but with a lead. 

Feyenoord are getting close and close. Some good link up play on the left comes just short of getting a shot away in the area... Celtic becoming pinned back in their own half. 

A long ball through the middle from the back towards Kyogo but Beelen positions himself well to cut out the danger when it was just the keeper left back there. 

An hour gone. Can Celtic hang on? Not that hanging on is only how they’d win, they had a fantastic chance early in the second half. I have a feeling that this game will be level shortly, though...

Ivanusec has a shot deflected wide of the Celtic goal but Hart was diving at full pelt to try and stop it. The corner comes to nothing. 

Some stout defending again from Celtic blocks Feyenoord’s hopes of getting a shot away. First a sliding tackle on the edge of the box and then another save from Hart. A fairly simple one this time. 

Zerrouki puts in a late challenge for Feyenoord but gets away with it. He has already been booked for that penalty incident in the first-half. 

This has been a closely-fought contest and one played at a good intensity. Which way will it go? No idea. 

It’s a positive start to the second-half from Celtic. They had been troubled by Feyenoord in the latter stages of the first-half and were bailed out by Joe Hart’s excellent keeping several times. 

That is a wonderful save! Palma takes a fine touch from a Michael Johnstone cross from the right and tees himself up, swings his right foot at it but Bijlow sticks out his right leg and saves magnificently, sending it behind for a corner. Hart has also had a good game. 

We are back under way. Can Celtic claim a first win of the competition this season?

Stengs fires it in from the right but Hart is equal to it and sends it out for a corner. That comes to nothing and Celtic go in at the break one ahead. 

Palma takes the free-kick from distance and it creates a problem in the Feyenoord box. They clear their lines pretty well from a dangerous delivery. 

Feyenoord hit the post! Geertruida gets it on the right edge of the six-yard box, takes a couple of touches and then sends it wide of Hart to the far post... which does its job and keeps Celtic level. Should he have scored? Probably. Hart made himself big enough to prove a distraction. 

Celtic have defended well in this half. Feyenoord with arguably the better chances, though but that doesn’t matter. Not much in it, overall. 

Celtic are ahead but they are coming under fairly frequent pressure. 

Celtic escape an equaliser though virtue of some good defending. Hart makes a fine save from Gimenez (again) and then McGregor blocks a shot from Timber in the penalty area with an empty net gaping.  

Luis Palma steps up to take it. The keeper goes to the right and Palma goes in the air and in the middle to put Celtic ahead! Nice penalty. Just waited and then picked his spot. 

Celtic 1 Feyenoord 0

Some aggro before the corner is taken and then it continues as the ball comes in Zerrouki blatantly blocks Welch’s run and the referee is quick to point to the spot. Arne Slot not very happy. 

O’Reilly finds Kyogo on the left, he picks up the ball on the left edge of the box but his low left-footed shot is blocked behind for a corner. 

Gimenez is in again, bearing down on goal with one... and then two... Celtic shirts behind him. He shoots from about 18 yards out but Joe Hart is equal to it. He ended up firing it straight at Hart and any goalkeeper worth their weight would have saved that. 

Few moments of real quality so far here as Feyenoord grow into the game. Zerrouki tries a reverse pass for Stengs but the two players are not speaking the same language and the ball goes out for a goal kick. 

Feyenoord having the better of it at the moment, with a bit more space and a little more of the ball in the middle of the park. 

Feyenoord think they have a goal via Gimenez slotting the ball in the back of the net but the offside flag goes up. A simple finish from eight yards out and he was offside by a small amount but it looks to have been the correct decision. Alistair Johnston is booked. 

Welsh dispossessed by Stengs and Feyenoord have a rare attack. Timber sends in a cross but it is blocked and goes out for a throw-in to the visitors. 

Kyogo with a low shot from the left side of the box but it is saved down low by Bijlow. It was a bit of a scuff, which is why it ended up going straight for the keeper. Iwata is down again after a challenge in the midfield. Holding his left left. Nothing too awful but maybe another knock. He’s coming off and Paulo Bernardo is coming on in his place. 

Celtic very much on the front foot and keeping Feyenoord penned in their own half. 

Iwata stops a driving run from Timber and is down...

Celtic having the best of play at the moment with some decent play out wide. O’Reilly picks up a long ball overhead just in the box, finds space on the right, gets his cross away to find McGregor in the box who takes a snap shot but finds the Feyenoord keeper. Good chance. 

Palma on the left finds O’Reilly who tries to find Kyogo who is charging into the six-yard box but he cannot get enough on it. 

Welsh wins the ball in midfield, finds McGregor who tries to find Kyogo making a run on the left of the box but just overhits it and it goes out for a goal kick. 

Stengs’ corner is cleared by Matt O’Reilly at the near post. 

Feyenoord win a corner as Timber’s shot is deflected behind. 

Michael Johnston with a shot from the edge of the box but it is blocked. Celtic with the majority of the ball so far. 

Fairly lively in Glasgow by the sounds of it. 

Just one point for them so far in this campaign. 

Much like City’s game with Red Star there is nothing but pride riding on this game. 

It’s fine having players for the future as long as you also bring in players for the here and now.

You need to strengthen from a position of strength, which Celtic were in.

Work needs to be done.

Celtic XI: Hart, Alistair Johnston, Welsh, Scales, Taylor, O’Riley, Iwata, McGregor, Michael Johnston, Furuhashi, Palma 

Subs: Frame, Lagerbielke, Phillips, Turnbull, Holm, Oh, Bernardo, Bain, Morrison, Forrest, Ralston

Feyenoord XI: Bijlow, Geertruida, Beelen, Hancko, Hartman, Timber, Zerrouki, Stengs, Ivanusec, Igor Paixao, Gimenez

Subs: Ueda, Dilrosun, Lopez, Van den Belt, Trauner, Minteh, Wieffer, Wellenreuther, Milambo, Lamprou, Lingr, Sauer

Feyenoord head coach Arne Slot claims bad luck has cost both his side and Celtic as they prepare for their Champions League dead rubber.

Celtic were consigned to bottom spot in Group E when Ciro Immobile hit two late goals against the Scottish champions in Rome late last month. The 2-0 win for Lazio sent the Italian side through and ensured Feyenoord cannot finish higher than third.

The Dutch champions are bound for the Europa League knockout stages but Slot feels crucial moments that have gone against both his side and Celtic have cost them the chance to be fighting for the last 16 of the elite tournament.

Both Feyenoord and Celtic are competing against sides with greater resources and Slot claims the odds have been further stacked against them by circumstance.

“To be honest I feel sorry for Celtic because I think they have played really well in the Champions League, together with us,” he said.

“There are two things you need if you don’t have the money. You need to go with an idea of how you want to play and you need to have a little bit of luck.

“The two teams who play at Celtic Park have not had any, any, any luck in the five games they have played.”

Slot felt Lazio were vulnerable ahead of the campaign but late goals for the Italians in their opener against Atletico Madrid and at Celtic Park got them off to a flying start. Lazio have amassed 10 points while Feyenoord are four points behind.

“If your goalkeeper scores an equaliser in the 96th minute and if you score here in the 93rd minute, that helps,” he said. “We played there and had a very good chance in the 90th minute. These are the moments that make a difference.

“The likes of Manchester City and Bayern Munich are 20 per cent better than most teams so they don’t rely on luck.

“We had great luck ourselves in the Europa League last season, although we deserved it with how we played. But you always need a bit of luck in six games.

“The way we conceded against Atletico - two own goals and one goal that this player will never score in his life again. These moments decide if you can play in the last 16.

“I believe Celtic deserve more than one point. You could call that lucky for us or possibly unlucky - because if Celtic got more points we could maybe be playing for a Champions League place as well as a Europa League place.”