Nicolas Kuhn becomes a Celtic superstar as Leipzig go up in smoke at Champions League firework show – 5 talking points

Sensational Nicolas Kuhn set Parkhead alight with a dream Champions League double for Celtic to beat RB Leipzig.

On Bonfire Night, the Hoops were too hot to handle for the Germans as Brendan Rodgers’ side secured a stunning 3-1 victory. Kuhn bagged a first-half-brace to put Celtic in front after Christoph Baumgartner had opened the scoring for the Bundesliga outfit. And Reo Hatate's second half strike killed Leipzig off to give Rodgers’ men seven points in the Champions League group phase so far. It puts Celtic in a terrific position to qualify for the knock-out rounds, with a home tie against Belgian side Club Brugge up next. Here's 5 talking points from Parkhead.

Kuhn once scored a cracking goal for RB Leipzig against FC Porto in the UEFA Youth Champions League seven YEARS ago.

But the German winger came back to haunt his old club last night at Parkhead with a dream first half double in Europe’s top competition. The wide man didn’t make the grade at RB before eventually moving to Ajax.

But they might have regretted letting him go by half-time here after he’d bagged a brace. His first goal to equalise was a thing of beauty, doing what he’s becoming renowned for at Celtic Park. He cut in from the left and clipped a delicious shot that curled beyond Peter Gulacsi and in off the post.

As if that wasn’t good enough he then put Brendan Rodgers’ men in front just before the break. Not content to hang out wide, Kuhn got himself in the box to get on the end of Greg Taylor’s cross to make it 2-1 - and sicken his former club.

When he first arrived in Glasgow from Rapid Vienna there were question marks over the 24-year-old but not now after lighting up Parkhead on the biggest stage.

WHEN Rodgers fell on his backside on