Celtic and Rangers fans in heated Champions League Hotline war of words as they bicker over which 7-1 was worse

Crushing defeat for Celtic in the Champions League at the hands of Borussia Dortmund remains the hot Hotline topic. Brendan Rodgers’ team were thumped in Germany with the fall-out hefty.

Hotline correspondents are back and forth with comments as the rights and wrongs of the 90 minutes in the Signal Iduna Park and viewpoints contrast. John Bruce said: “When Liverpool, holders of the Champions League trophy at the time, beat Rangers 7-1, it was described as a humiliation, a thrashing and Rangers being destroyed. Meanwhile, Celtic’s defeat to Dortmund has been described as a night to forget, a blow for Celtic and a marvellous win for Dortmund. What’s the difference?”

Alan Flett said: “As a club, Celtic are a laughing stock. They revel in routine 6-0 wins over the likes of St Johnstone, but attempt to cover up their many European embarrassments by taking cheap shots at Rangers.”

Stephen Mulhern, Dumbarton, said: “I read Callum McGregor say it’s not all gloom and doom to lose 7-1, but Celtic fans are shellshocked at how we capitulated in the first half. I for one can’t wait for Sunday to come around to, hopefully, reboot our season. And the only consolation from the Champions League fixtures was fancied potential-winners Bayern, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid also lost, which puts sticking plasters over Celtic’s result to a certain extent.”

His previous call annoyed Chris Lowe, Yoker, who said: “Stephen Mulhearn likened the Celtic result to Rangers’ drubbing off Liverpool. Big, big difference as Rangers had James Sands and Leon King at centre-back following injuries to key players with the game 1-1 at half-time. We are constantly told Celtic have a team worth £200 million plus, despite their laughable European record