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5 talking points as Celtic dominate Shakhtar but can't grab Champions League victory

Celtic put their first Champions League point on the board in Warsaw - but return to Glasgow with a lingering sense of what may have been.

The Premiership champions, smarting from a 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid on opening night, bossed Shakhtar Donetsk for long periods but were unable to turn another positive performance into a victory. Reo Hatate forced an early own goal off Artem Bondarenko as Ange Postecoglou's side started like a train, only to be pegged back by the electric Mykhaylo Mudryk.

Former Celt Marian Shved had a quickfire second correctly ruled out moments later as Shakhtar threatened to come to life but the in-form Ukrainians were otherwise disappointing, not least because they'd routed RB Leipzig 4-1 just a week ago. But that also speaks to Celtic's quality as they again showed they can live at the elite level. They now face RB Leipzig home and away in a pair of fixtures likely to determine an already tight Group F's direction of travel. A point here is by no means a setback, but Celtic will perhaps wonder if they could have made their dominance count for something more.

Pre-match, Postecoglou decided on two changes to the side which went down to the European champions - recalling Kyogo and handing a first start to Sead Haksabanovic, the pair coming in for Giorgos Giakoumakis and Liel Abada.

The personnel differed slightly but the fast start remained the same. Celtic pounced on some Shakhtar slackness high up the pitch as Matt O'Riley slid Kyogo through on goal, only for the forward to be denied by onrushing Anatoliy Trubin.

Moments later, Greg Taylor flashed a wicked low ball across the six-yard box without any takers as the hosts struggled to deal with what was coming at them. A goal was very much on the

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