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Celtic Stun Atletico



Celtic once again stunned Europe with a 2-1 victory against Atletico Madrid at Celtic Park. Atletico arrived in Glasgow with confidence with an unbeaten start to their Liga BBVA campaign. However, it was Celtic who came out with all three points. Celtic took the lead through striker Teemu Pukki after 20 minutes. The Finland striker was played through by Jem Karacan and slipped the ball under the advancing Courtois who could only watch the ball nestle in his bottom corner.

Celtic doubled their lead in the fourth minute of the second half thanks to a goal from midfielder Nir Biton after a mistake from Atletico defender Juanfran. Atletico controlled the game but were unable to break the strong celtic defence. David Villa pulled a goal back in the 89th minute with a lovely curling effort into the top corner. In Germany Bayern won 2-0 against Olympiakos after goals from Toni Kroos and David Alaba

Here are the statistics from this evenings game in Glasgow

Celtic Remain Unbeaten



Celtic head into their third Champions League game tomorrow against Bayern still unbeaten in all competitions. Two months into the season and the Hoops lie top of the Scottish Premiership and second in Champions League group D. But many sections of the media feel that this unbeaten run will come to an end as they travel to Germany, during Neil Lennon's pre-match press conference he stated, "I am extremely proud of the players and how they have started the season but there is still room to improve. We head to Germany in a positive mood and once again are underdogs and won't be expected to earn any points, however, we have proven many people wrong with our results in the group so far and hopefully we can provide a shock."

The Celtic manager won this months manager of the month award and striker Danny Ings won player of the month after scoring 4 league goals in 5 games.

A very good start unbeaten, and a win over Atletico! Congratulations, and keep up the good work!

Celtic started this month with a tough trip to Germany to face Bayern in the Champions League and after a brave performance were beaten by goal from Thiago and Kroos. Following two league victories and a Quarter final win Celtic faced Bayern once again, This time at Celtic Park. Bayern controlled the first half of the game but I was the Scottish champions who came closest to winning the game after Amido Balde hit the post in the dying moments of the game.

Celtic continued their dominant form domestically before travelling to Madrid. Atletico broke Celtic hearts as they scored a late winner through Miranda to seal their place in the Champions League last 16 and eliminate Celtic from the competition. The Bhoys only need to avoid defeat in Glasgow when they take on Olympiakos at Celtic Park to qualify for the Europa League. In the recent Scottish Cup draw it was decided Celtic will play Airdrie in the 5th round.

After a short month Celtic have continued their unbeaten domestic run with three comfortable wins and a draw. First up for Lennon's team was a trip to Motherwell to face a team on form. Celtic took the lead twice during the game but failed to hold on and earn all three points. Next up was the visit of Olympiakos for the final Champions League for Celtic. Celtic dominated the game and eventually won with goals from Mulgrew, Biton and Pukki. Pukki continued his good form scoring twice against Hibs and Hearts. Lennon took his side to the highlands and returned to Glasgow with all three points after an emphatic victory. Teemu Pukki won this months palyer of the month while St. Johnstone manager Tommy Wright took manager of the month after taking St. Johnstone to second in the table.

Here is the Scottish Premiership league table:

Well done mate great few months disappointed to see you out of the champions league but, happy to see you still managed to get into the UEFA, also you're in amazing domestic bring the title home with ease

The draw for the last 32 of this seasons Europa League has been drawn. Celtic will face Swiss side Basel with the first game in Switzerland. The winner of this tie will play either Real Betis or Dynamo Kyiv. The favourites to lift the trophy are Arsenal who play Steaua. In the draw there are 5 British teams competing to lift the Europa League.

Here is the draw in full: