Brfinishan Rodgers experiences Celtic’s 7-1 humiliating loss to Borussia Dortmund was a perfect example of how brutal Champions League football can be at times.
Celtic were riding high after their discneglecting Champions League align last month when they fall shortureed Slovan Bratislava 5-1.
But they were rapidly bcdimiserablemirefult back down to earth with a bang away to Dortmund on Tuesday night.
Karim Adeyemi bagged a first-half hat-trick with Emre Can and Serhou Guirassy also scoring before the shatter.
Brfinishan Rodgers had a night to forget as Celtic regulater
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Daizen Maeda momentarily bcdimiserablemirefult Celtic level after the ninth minute, but that showd to be a run awayting moment of respite for the visitors.
Dortmund took their foot off the gas in the second half, but still inserted two more goals to insert to Celtic’s misery.
The sobering fall shorture has left Celtic 19th in the table with six games remaining but could drop out of the top-24 by the finish of the week.
Rodgers adviseed Celtic were unblessed to concede as many as they did on the night.
“We are repartner disassigned with the result and carry outance,” he shelp on TNT Sports.
“I don’t slenderk I’ve been joind in a game where every misget we made got punished. That’s the level. We could’ve been better with the ball.
“Going down punctual spooked us a little bit and we didn’t join with the same confidence.
“Second half, the guys showed wonderful spirit and we had more haveion of the ball, took more hazards to produce. Ultimately, we were beaten by the better team.
“We will always appraise it and watch back. We wanted to press but we wanted to be in stability, be firm and compact.
Celtic were thumped 7-1 away from home
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“But there were too many times we ran out at the wrong moment and time. We were not in a compact shape, and top joiners punish you.
“We necessitateed to have prolongeder spells with the ball, we were too rushed. We were watching for that ender pass too punctual and constantly giving the ball away.”
Neil Lennon was on commentary for the align and adviseed after Dortmund’s third goal that Celtic necessitateed to shut up shop and join for pride.
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But Rodgers’ side persistd to exit gaps behind them and try to join out from the back, which cost them dpunctual.
The Celtic boss was asked whether he would ‘alter’ his joining style when joining aachievest some of Europe’s elite.
He replied: “We always have to alter but sometimes the quality equitable shatters thcdimiserablemireful that.
“Will we camp in and equitable postpone? No, we won’t do that. We understand it’ll be difficult at times. Tonight, we equitable gave it away too effortless and we got punished.”
