The 4 biggest threats to Celtic as Champions League giants look to skip the qualification queue

A points was far from a disaster for Celtic against Club Brugge.

It keeps the Hoops on course for the playoff round of the Champions League at least, even if it was a relative anticlimax compared to last time out against RB Leipzig. The home clash with the Belgians would have been marked as winnable when the draw was made and while Peter Schmeichel's assessment of it being two points dropped is harsh, a win would have Brendan Rodgers' side just about home and hosed.

Ten points is the magic number according to the stat analysts and Celtic have three games to get the two points that would almost guarantee their progress. Put it this way; there are some much bigger names in a worse position. Bona fide Champions League royalty are facing the prospect of going out altogether, never mind being unseeded for the playoff round if they only manage to squeeze into the top 24.

Celtic may have gained a point last night, but they lost a couple of positions in the table. It remains very much in their own hands, but the points still actually need to be won and there will be a big push from those currently behind them to contend with.

It probably wasn't what UEFA had planned on when revamping the format of their flagship competition, but Record Sport examines the big guns currently fighting for their Champions League survival and who represents the biggest threat to the Scottish champions.

The 15 time winners are on the cusp right now. After Wednesday night's 2-0 defeat to leaders and new bookies' favourites Liverpool. Carlo Ancelotti's men occupy the the final qualifying spot in 24th two points behind Celtic with the same goal difference of zero.

Defeats to Milan and Lille ahead of their humbling on Merseyside have left with with work