CELTIC LEAVE IT LATE BUT SECURE KNOCKOUT SPOT

A late personal aim from Loris Benito secured victory for Celtic over Younger Boys and a spot within the UEFA Champions League knockout stage.

Going into the match within the twenty third of 24 qualifying spots, with Manchester Metropolis and Paris Saint-Germain behind them, Brendan Rodgers’ facet knew they needed to safe victory over the winless bottom-side at Celtic Park.

Victory ought to have been secured within the first half, however all thrice that they had the ball within the internet, the efforts had been disallowed every time, with certainly one of Kyogo Furuhashi’s phantom targets disallowed by VAR, after which the normally dependable Arne Engels noticed his tame penalty saved by Marvin Keller.

With seven stops to his identify, the visiting keeper the hero of the evening, however within the second half Kasper Schmeichel was known as upon to make a superb double save from Darian Males to maintain parity earlier than the late drama.

Reo Hatate performed a implausible ball across the Swiss facet’s defence, and after substitute Adam Idah noticed his effort blocked by Keller, the ball ricocheted off the luckless Benito and into the web.

The win lifts Celtic to 18th spot and their factors tally to 12 factors, 4 away from Twenty fifth-placed Manchester Metropolis and, mendacity only a level behind the highest eight, they nonetheless have an out of doors likelihood of securing a bye if they will win at Aston Villa subsequent Wednesday.