Simon Jordan has emerged as an unlikely Brendan Rodgers ally as he defended the Celtic boss' "foolish bravery" against Dortmund.
The Premiership champions were on the wrong end of a 7-1 thrashing in their first Champions League away clash, with Dortmund going in 5-1 up at the break following a nightmare first half for the Hoops.
It's the third time Rodgers has seen his side ship seven in the competition and comes less than a year after a 6-0 drubbing by Atletico Madrid last season.
That's led to accusations of Rodgers refusing to learn tactical lessons when coming up against top tier teams. TalkSport co-host Jordan never normally misses a chance to go after Rodgers, but Jordan offered context to the mauling in front of the Yellow Wall with the damage done in a wild 20 minute spell that left the manager without many options in trying to salvage some pride at half time. "If you're in the dressing room, bank up and accept a 5-1 defeat because you're going to get slaughtered for losing 5-1 so how do you approach the second half?" he asked. "The result is you get beat 5-1 and you're going to get slaughtered for getting beat 5-1 .