Celtic 1 Zenit St Petersburg 0Brendan Rodgers would have taken this narrow Celtic lead over Zenit St Petersburg. The odds may still be against Celtic progressing to the last 16 – Zenit will be confident at home – but at last Rodgers was provided European evidence of an improving team. That Celtic dropped into the Europa League from a Champions League group which also included Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain was rightly heralded as perfectly acceptable. Roberto Mancini of FC Zenit and Brendan Rodgers give instructions from the sideline at Celtic Park. The midfielder lashed home from a hardly straightforward angle; Celtic deserved both their celebrations and advantage.

Source: The Irish Times February 15, 2018 22:07 UTC