Callum McGregor challenges Celtic to max out against Bayern and force Europe to sit up and take notice

Callum McGregor insists Celtic are going to have to turn it up to the max in Munich to produce the biggest performance of his Hoops career.

The Parkhead skipper is convinced his side can get the better of Bayern in Tuesday night’s Champions League playoff second leg in Germany. Celtic will need to overturn last week’s 2-1 defeat in Glasgow and McGregor is aware it will need the best display of his decade plus in the Hoops.

He said: “Yeah, I think so. I think we have to max out in terms of performance level, and there's no reason why we can't. Having seen what we've seen in the first game, yes, we need a bit of luck and we need to be really good on the night, but like I said, we just go and we leave nothing on the pitch and see where we go from there. It would be brilliant obviously and that's the aim now. I want us to come off with no regrets and see where we can get to.”

McGregor knows Celtic are up against it – but he’s got belief after rattling Bayern in the final stages of the first leg. He said: “Obviously, we're still right in the game. When you get to these games, everybody's got to believe that you can win the game.

“And even the way the game played out, there were very small margins in terms of the game, and on another night, with a different referee, who knows? The number one aspect was that the performance was there, we're still in the game.

“I think if one of the big teams loses 2-1, then everybody still thinks they're in the tie, so I don't see any reason why we shouldn’t feel that way. And especially the last 25 minutes, that gives us a good template for the game.

"They knew they were in a game anyway, but you see at the end, their reaction when the whistle goes, they were happy to get over the line at 2-1.