Celtic earn draw against Shakhtar amid fans’ anti-monarchy chants and banners

Celtic failed to build on a dominant start to their Champions League contest against Shakhtar Donetsk as they were held to a 1-1 draw in Poland.

Reo Hatate’s run beyond the home defence led to Celtic taking an early lead but Mykhaylo Mudryk equalised against the run of play in the 29th minute. Off the pitch, anti-monarchy banners and chants from travelling Celtic fans led to an on-air apology from BT Sport.

In the early stages of the game, a banner in the Celtic end was unfurled that read “Fuck the Crown” while another one said “Sorry for your loss Michael Fagan”, a reference to the intruder who broke into the Queen’s Buckingham Palace bedroom in 1982.

The away fans also chanted “If you hate the Royal Family, clap your hands” during the game in Warsaw. There was no minute’s silence for the Queen following discussions between both clubs and Uefa, but both sets of players wore black armbands.

On the pitch, Celtic made a bright start as Matt O’Riley played in Kyogo Furuhashi in the opening minute but Shakhtar goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin got a foot to the striker’s shot to divert it wide. Greg Taylor’s driven cross was deflected beyond the Japan forward and O’Riley had an effort saved before Celtic took the lead in the 10th minute.

Josip Juranovic’s diagonal ball found Sead Haksabanovic, who was making his first start for the club. The winger fed Hatate’s forward run and the midfielder’s shot took a deflection off Artem Bondarenko and went in. Furuhashi could have tapped it home but chose to leave it only for it to be credited as an own goal.

Celtic continued to cause Shakhtar numerous problems with their passing and movement but the Ukrainian side levelled out of the blue. A pass inside former Legia right-back Juranovic gave