Mark Atkinson discusses Celtic's dramatic exit from the Champions League.
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00:00Good evening, it's Mark Atkinson, Sports Editor of the Scotsman here, recapping a pretty eventful
00:08night in the Champions League for the Scottish champions, Celtic, who have bowed out of Europe's
00:15premier competition but with their heads held extremely high. Many gave them very little
00:21chance this evening against German giants Bayern Munich, especially trailing 2-1 from
00:27the first leg in Glasgow in their play-off tie for the Champions League last 16. However,
00:32Celtic put in one of their greatest, if not the greatest, away performances in the competition
00:37from the Scottish side, leading 1-0 right until the very last attack of the game. Nicholas
00:43Kuhn had put in a head just after the hour mark, converting it, who dies in Maida, had
00:48scampered on to a loose pass. It was the least Celtic deserved. They created lots of chances
00:52in the first half but didn't take them. Finally got their noses in front, put in a defensively
00:56diligent performance, excellent press throughout and, to be honest, looked like they would
01:02more than earn their extra time until the 94th minute. A cross comes in from Celtic's
01:08left-hand side. Leo Gareth's header is really well saved by Kasper Schmeichel but Karajan
01:13Carter, Dickerson's clearance, cannoned off Alphonso Davies and squirmed into the net.
01:18Bayern Munich got an equaliser and with that goal coming in the final minute of stoppage
01:22time, there was no time for Celtic to regroup and they are out of the Champions League at
01:28the play-off phase. A real sickener, the most brutal way for a commendable Champions League
01:34campaign to end. Celtic can certainly hold their heads high given how well they've regrouped
01:40and basically grown and matured from losing 7-1 to Borussia Dortmund earlier in the competition.
01:48That was their previous trip to Germany. Back then, it felt fanciful that Celtic would
01:53be competing with Bayern Munich at this stage but Brendan Rodgers, their manager, has found
01:59a way to get this team playing better in Europe and they certainly have shown they belong
02:05at this stage of the tournament. They've drawn away at Atalanta, drawn away at Bayern Munich,
02:10drawn away at Zagreb and taken care of business at home against teams like Young Boys Burn
02:15and RB Leipzig. The challenge now, I suppose, for Rodgers is to make sure his team can maintain
02:21that level for the rest of the season as they strive to win a treble domestically and then
02:26have enough in the tank to be at the sharp end of the Champions League once more because next
02:31season the Scottish champions, and you have to think that Celtic will be that, given their 13
02:35points clean in Premiership, will have to go through a qualifier to get you into the main phase.
02:41And that, of course, comes with its own pressure. A high-stakes match indeed. For now, Celtic can
02:47take great pride in how they performed in Bavaria. They are out of the Champions League
02:52and in the most savage of circumstances, really, and it'll be fascinating to see how they
02:59obviously rebuild but in terms of a restructure of this team, enhancement of this team happens
03:04in the summer. That's what Rodgers said afterwards in his post-match interview.
03:07We can't stand still here. We have to keep growing. In the end, it was a maybe slightly
03:12familiar tale of Scottish football. A great performance. Celtic went down fighting but
03:17they are out of the Champions League after a 1-1 draw in Bavaria against Bayern Munich.