Brendan Rodgers tells Celtic to hit next level as stars urged to do 2 things against 'formidable' Dortmund

Brendan Rodgers has challenged his Celtic side to reach new Champions League heights against Borussia Dortmund.

The Hoops boss will face last season’s beaten finalists without Cameron Carter-Vickers after the defender didn’t travel due to a foot problem. But Rodgers insisted his men have a chance to prove they can cut it at the top level in front of the famous Yellow Wall at the Signal Iduna Park. Celtic have been running amok in Scotland and stuffed Slovan Bratislava in their Champions League opener.

But Rodgers admitted this is the acid test and he is confidence his side can raise their game. He said: “I think for us it's looking to bring our game to the next level. I think how we've been performing over probably the last six, seven months has just been increasing.

“Now we've come to this level and we're under no illusions about what. We're playing against a team that are challenging the very top end of elite football. But for us, I've always said, whether it's domestically or whether it's away in this competition, it's making us a really difficult team to play against with and without the ball.

"So for us that's what we want to be able to do. I'm not looking for perfection, I'm just looking for us to be really, really difficult to play against and give everything we have. Bring our game, which is to press, to fight, to run. We know at times that quality drives you back and then it's having that resilience in those moments.

“But we also know that we have a game that can hurt teams as well, with our football and our speed. So I'm really excited about seeing that. I will only know when I see it. Bringing that quality that we show domestically and being able to take it out into this amazing arena and playing with that