In football circles they call the Yellow Wall the eighth wonder of the world. Well, on Tuesday night there was a demolition job all right and it was Brendan Rodgers who was forced to wear the hard hat.
Celtic may be kings of Scotland but up against Champions League royalty of Borussia Dortmund, they were left mere serfs of Europe as Nuri Sahin’s superstars slapped Rodgers down just when he – and the whole Celtic support – was beginning to believe.
7-1 was the scoreline. Yeah, in truth it was Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain levels so ouch. Last season’s Champions League finalists were supposed to be the opponents against which the Premiership champions could trade blow for blow.
And for a while, they did just that. But then came the opening of the floodgates and suddenly Celtic were drowning. Kasper Schmeichel pulled down Jamie Gittens just a couple of minutes in after he had rampaged through the Celtic backline.