How Celtic have 'matured' this season as Adam Idah pinpoints the Bayern Munich moment that proves his case

It wasn’t so much the one that got away. It was the one that got in the way.

Adam Idah admitted it was agonising to see the flag going up to deny Celtic an incredible start against Bayern Munich the other night. But the big striker is convinced Celts can still end up with a Champions League celebration bash in Bavaria. The Hoops are still in the fight at 2-1 down going into Tuesday’s play-off return leg in Germany after a wild first encounter in Glasgow.

Celtic’s last 25- minute surge has given hope of a major shock – but it was the flashpoint in the first 25 seconds that stuck in Idah’s throat. Brendan Rodgers’ men raised the Parkhead roof when Nicolas Kuhn curled his low dig beyond Manuel Neuer. But the assistant ref judged Idah to have strayed offside and into the legendary German keeper’s eyeline. It was a borderline call – but there was no doubting Celtic’s resilience to overcome a series of setbacks to stay in the contest.

Idah said: “Yeah, I was gutted but these things happen. I still haven’t made my mind up. It’s a bit of a strange one and obviously from the keeper’s perspective it’s difficult. He’s one of the best goalkeepers in the world so I’m sure he might make the save if he’s not blocked.

“But then again, I’m outside the six- yard box and it was a difficult one to take. Obviously from my perspective, I did all I could to get it out of way of the ball and leave enough space.

“But I think some give it, some don’t. It was a bit of a killer to concede a goal at half-time. But I think the attitude we’ve got now is to not give up and we went in at half-time and spoke on things, what we need to do. The second goal wasn’t a great goal to give away but we stuck to it and managed to nick a goal at the end – and that