Celtic 0-2 RB Leipzig: Defeat condemns Scots to Champions League exit

Timo Werner guided successful the opener 15 minutes from time

Celtic's hopes of Champions League advancement are implicit aft their profligacy was punished successful a frustrating location decision by RB Leipzig.

Leipzig showed the ruthless borderline Celtic lacked with precocious goals from Timo Werner and substitute Emil Forsberg.

It leaves the Scottish champions bottommost with 1 constituent from 4 games.

But portion a top-two decorativeness is present beyond Celtic, their hopes of salvaging a Europa League spot were boosted by Real Madrid's precocious equaliser distant to Shakhtar Donetsk, who are present 4 points up successful 3rd and sojourn Glasgow successful a fortnight.

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Celtic's group-stage failings were encapsulated successful a dizzying series midway done the archetypal half. O'Riley rattled the basal of the station with a 20-yard onslaught and Taylor pounced connected the escaped shot lone to scuff it connected to the barroom with the extremity astatine his mercy.

Seconds later, Furuhashi grazed the woodwork with a gilt-edged header from Sead Haksabanovic's delivery.

Daizen Maeda had acceptable the code of vexation successful the opening seconds, scooping an awkward header inches over, and wasteful finishing is yet what has condemned Celtic to an exit with 2 games to spare.

They were yet undone by a slick Leipzig outfit that had recovered Joe Hart successful imposing form. The Celtic goalkeeper, who talented a extremity successful past week's decision successful Germany, stuck retired a limb to brilliantly divert Christopher Nkunku's almighty thrust past the station past dispersed himself to foil Willi Orban.

Celtic looked progressively ragged arsenic the 2nd fractional swung from extremity to extremity and the lone astonishment was however lone it took for a extremity to arrive. Leipzig full-back Mohamed Simakan blazed implicit astatine 1 end, Meada volleyed Aaron Mooy's transverse wide astatine the other.

But Leipzig's increasing menace was rewarded erstwhile Werner guided a header signifier Andre Silva's drilled transverse into the bottommost corner.

Still Celtic had chances, with substitute Giorgos Giakoumakis incapable to person from adjacent range.

Yet Leipzig enactment the effect beyond uncertainty erstwhile Werner rolled a walk to Forsberg, who took a interaction past sent an unerring decorativeness into the apical corner.

Man of the lucifer - Timo Werner

A extremity and assistance made it an enjoyable instrumentality to the UK for the erstwhile Chelsea striker

What's next?

Celtic big Hibernian successful the Scottish Premiership connected Saturday (15:00 GMT), the archetypal of 3 home outings earlier their adjacent Champions League duty astatine location to Shakhtar Donetsk connected 25 October (20:00).

More to follow.