Brendan Rodgers urges Celtic to have no regrets in Bayern return as boss already straining at the Munich leash

Brendan Rodgers urged his Celtic players to have no regrets in Germany as he challenged the to turn their Champions League tie around after suffering a first leg defeat at Parkhead.

Daizen Maeda’s reduced suspension proved vital as the Japan ace netted the goal that gave the Hoops a lifeline after Michael Olise and Harry Kane had Vincent Kompany’s Bundesliga giants 2-0 up and cruising.

Rodgers, who saw a quickfire Nicolas Kuhn striker ruled out for offside and a penalty denied after a VAR check following a foul on Arne Engels, admitted his side were too passive for large periods of the game. And they paid the price for leaving captain Kane unmarked at the second goal early in the second half following ex Crystal Palace man Olise’s stunner on the stroke of half time.

But Rodgers isn’t giving up hope of reaching the last-16.

The Irishman said: “We’ve got one more shot. It’s a new level for a lot of the players. They’ve done absolutely great and now we go to a wonderful arena, fantastic pitch - let’s go and have no regrets and see where it takes us. The game is still in the balance. It’s tight. We’ve shown we can play football and can be a threat so we’re still right in the tie. With their quality and the goals they can score it can be out of sight but that’s not the case and I’m looking forward to it already.

“It looked like we got off to the perfect start with a fantastic goal but sadly it wasn’t given. We had a couple of moments in counter attack but my overriding feeling is that although we didn’t give away much, we were a little bit passing in our pressing and didn’t identify those moments of when to go and you have to sink back a little bit deeper.

“We still feel without doing so much with the ball that we were