Bodo Glimt cool Celtic jets as Ange Postecoglou's high flyers hit Norwegian turbulence - big match verdict

Ange Postecoglou has had Celtic soaring.

But this time it was bold Bodo/Glimt who took flight as they jammed the Parkhead high flyers on the Conference League tarmac.

Boss Kjetil Knutsen waxed lyrical about Celtic’s twin-engine power before last night’s tie, yet his team didn’t just cool the Hoops jets. They took a fire extinguisher to them.

And, if Postecoglou ’s boys are to head off anywhere else this season after next week’s trip to Norway, they will have to dramatically change the course of a tie which has slipped away from their grasp.

This was a turbulent night for Celtic as the Norwegians, who have pilot Bjorn Mannsverk as their mental coach, launched the home team’s 17-game unbeaten run from a great height.

Despite being out of their competitive season, Bodo had class and clinical edge which put them two goals up.

Daizen Maeda briefly breathed life into it before Knutsen’s troops slammed the storm doors shut again with a potentially-killer third.

In truth, there was little in the way of excuses. Celtic put plenty into it, but Bodo were more than a match.

Knutsen’s team had belief and they had a bite which the hosts lacked.

Once again, weak defending in Europe haunted Postecoglou’s team as they were exploited and punished.

It’s not over. There’s 90 minutes to go in the Arctic Circle next Thursday.

But it’s going to take something spectacular for the Aussie and his team to save it after an evening which came like a bolt from the clouds for Celtic.

Maybe it shouldn’t have done given Bodo had hit Roma for six this season, but it was still a sore one.

From the moment it got underway, it was breathless.

Given the aggressive styles of both, no one ever thought it was going to end up 0-0. Even so, seven minutes