3 unlikely pundits break Celtic cover as Hoops roared on to conjure Bayern Munich 'miracle' live on radio

Celtic will need a Champions League MIRACLE for the ages if they are to down Bayern Munich in Germany – but they're in with a 'puncher's chance' after Daizen Maeda kept them alive.

That was the live radio verdict on Tuesday morning as the English pundits broke their cover to roar on the Hoops ahead of their monster clash in Munich. Brendan Rodgers and his team travel to the Allianz Arena for tonight's clash trailing by a single goal after a 2-1 defeat at Parkhead last week. Maeda scored a late goal in Glasgow that's given the hope, but European defeats for Bayern at home are a rare currency and it would be one of the shocks of the Champions League season were they to do it.

Yet there's a creeping belief Celticcan do it after one of their best European seasons in recent memory. Jeff Stelling and Troy Deeney looked ahead to the undisputed game of the night on talkSPORT and both were realistic about the Hoops' chances. Deeney started as he said: "You have to give them a puncher's chance, but the problem is you're playing Bayern Munich who are maybe not the best Bayern Munich team, but if they score first it could be five, six or seven. At Celtic Park with that crowd and atmosphere, they could be in it til the end. I think it could go the other way very, very quickly when you're out in Germany."

It was more positive from Stelling however who said: "Maeda's late goal gave them a squeak of a chance. I don't want to rub it in as far as Celtic are concerned, but Bayern have scored 27 in their last seven home games, almost four per game. In the last decade, in Europe, only Real Madrid on two occasions and Liverpool, and PSG have won at the Allianz Arena (in the Champions League). That's the size of the task facing Celtic.

"But