Gustaf Lagerbielke in stunning Celtic U-turn as horror Champions League hoodoos banished – 5 talking points

Golden Gustaf Lagerbielke opened his scoring account to claim a first Champions League home win for Celtic in 10 years as they defeated Dutch big-hitters Feyenoord 2-1.

An otherwise forgettable group campaign finished on a high thanks to Luis Palma’s first half penalty and the Swedish sub nodding home in stoppage time. Feyenoord were guaranteed to end up third in Group E but at no point played this like a dead rubber. Yankuba Minteh’s equaliser on 82 minutes was the least they deserved for endeavours in an entertaining tie. But Celtic gained a morale-boosting success. Justin Bijlow denied Kyogo Furuhashi after the striker was found by a terrific Liam Scales pass. Feyenoord had the ball in the net first, on 22 minutes. Santiago Gimenez’s celebrations were cut short by a VAR intervention for offside and Celtic survived - then stole in front.

French whistler Benoit Bastien gave Celtic a penalty when Liam Scales was dragged down as he prepared to contest a corner. Ramiz Zerrouki was furious but he’d been warned just before about his penalty box antics. Palma atoned for his miss against Motherwell by lashing this spot-kick straight down the middle. Celtic rode their luck and leant on Joe Hart to be ahead at the break. The ex-England keeper pulled off excellent stops from Gimenez then Quinten Timber.

Lutsharel Geertruida also hit the woodwork as the final third movement of the Dutch caused chaos. Palma almost plundered a second goal three minutes after the interval. He latched onto Bernardo’s cross and fired near post, only for Bijlow to block brilliantly with his right boot.

Palma was forced off after taking an elbow square on the nose and Rodgers brought on 17-year-old Mitchel Frame to debut. Feyenoord were always