Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: "We're disappointed with the result and first-half performance. We didn't start with the intent and mentality we wanted to. We were quite passive. "We weren't moving as a team as we would like. The second half was better, we started well, but couldn't find the breakthrough in the final third of the pitch.

Brendan Rodgers has acknowledged the fans’ unhappiness after Celtic’s Champions League play-off clash with FC Kairat ended in a frustrating goalless draw at Parkhead. It means the Scottish champions’ hopes of a place in the league stage and the ...

Celtic still have plenty of work to do to reach the Champions League after drawing a blank in the first leg of their play-off against Kairat Almaty at Parkhead.

Manager Brendan Rodgers insists the failure to strengthen Celtic's squad for their Champions League play off with Kairat was "not my decision" and concedes that he has to "accept where it's at".

As if the prospect of an arduous trip to one of the game’s outposts wasn’t daunting enough, Celtic now head to Almaty with their Champions League ambitions resting in an extremely dangerous place. This affair just didn’t unfold as Brendan Rodgers ...

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers tonight admitted that he had foreseen difficulties arising in his side's Champions League play-off games.

The Kazakh side have battled through three rounds of qualifying to set up a Champions League play-off with Celtic.

As well as Satpayev, Edmilson, their big striker, was a constant menace. The Brazilian nearly scored one of the great European goals at Parkhead after 57 minutes when he latched onto a mistake from Cameron Carter-Vickers and tried his luck from all of 40 yards. Kasper Schmeichel was happy to see the ball land on the roof of his net.