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Ange Postecoglou rues Celtic's missed opportunities

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Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou admitted it was the same old story as his side's hopes of Champions League progress ended with defeat by RB Leipzig.The Scottish champions again missed a series of chances as they fell to a 2-0 home defeat against the German side.Goals in the final 15 minutes from Timo Werner and Emil Forsberg left Celtic with one point from four matches and with no chance of finishing in the top two in Group F.Matt O’Riley and Greg Taylor hit the frame of the goal in quick succession and Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi and substitute Giorgos Giakoumakis all missed good chances.Celtic have only scored two goals in their campaign despite creating a healthy number of chances in each match.Postecoglou said: "I thought we showed all the effort and endeavour to try to win a game of football but, as we have found at this level, if you don’t take your chances it’s very hard to convert all of that into a result."It’s not frustration, I just want the players to get the rewards for their endeavours."I’m trying to tell us to play in a certain way to be successful, but we know at this level that if you don’t take your opportunities then it’s going to hurt you at some stage."It’s been the story of our campaign so far – a lot of missed chances."I’m disappointed for our players and supporters that they haven’t had their rewards."Postecoglou feels the occasion makes it more challenging to put their chances away."It’s the hardest part of the game," he said. "It’s why clubs spend hundreds of millions of pounds on players who do that."It’s not as simple as people think – just take your opportunities.

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