What the Celtic pundits said as Michael Owen convinced Angeball WILL sink most teams in Champions League

Michael Owen has led the praise of Celtic's performance despite the Hoops falling to a 3-0 defeat to Real Madrid in their long-awaited return to the Champions League group stage.

A spirited first-half showing at a packed Parkhead had everyone off their seat with the scoreline level at the break. However Madrid's class shone through in the end with second-half goals from Vinicius Jr, Luca Modric and Eden Hazard securing the three points for the current holders on match day one.

Ange Postecoglou will have a lot of positives to take out the game and with Shakhtar Donetsk and RB Leipzig to come fans will feel a replication of this performance will see them into a healthy European run. And the likes of Michael Stewart, Chris Sutton and James McFadden were all on hand to analyse what was deemed as a step in the right direction for the Scottish Premiership champions on a frenzied night in Glasgow's east end.

Here's what the pundits had to say on the final whistle in Glasgow's east end.

"They know they are a club heading in the right direction, but tonight hasn't been their night."

"The first 30 minutes they were fantastic, but I'm afraid when you are playing against a world class team you only get a couple of chances. To get these upsets you have to take these chances, and it becomes a different ball game. It got to half-time and Real Madrid said 'this is a good side we need to up our game', and they did."

"In the end it was exhibition stuff from them. How to quieten a crowd, how to kill a game and score goals. It was exhibition stuff from Modric. But I think Celtic can walk off the pitch with their heads held high. I've seen something there which would suggest to me they can beat most sides in this competition. Ok, Real