Brendan Rodgers claims that Celtic’s 2-1 success over this RB Leipzig in the Europa League ranks as one of the best performances of the Scottish team in European competitions. Celtic have not done well in Europe of late. The 5-2 success over Rosenborg has put RB Leipzig as the table leaders ahead of Celtic and RB Leipzig. There was a danger of Celtic losing out on the final qualification spot after the 2-0 defeat against RB Leipzig in Germany. A win was of paramount importance for Celtic in this game and they came up with a solid home performance in order to get the victory.

Rodgers claimed that he had pointed out to his team that they needed to come up with a strong performance in order to have any chance of getting something out of the game against RB Leipzig, who were in the Champions League not too long ago. Kieran Tierney came up with the opener but his goal was quickly cancelled out by Jean-Kevin Augustin. However, the crucial goal in the match came in the form of Odsonne Edouard’s effort. After the game, Rodgers claimed that it was extremely important for Celtic to show a lot of grit and determination after falling to 1-1.

“It was a fantastic victory and one that I'm very proud of. “I think tonight was a proper win for us against a top-class side“ sitting high in their domestic league and everybody knows Leipzig's quality. “The most important thing“ was to win and win well and I think we did that. The players were absolutely brilliant. And then the supporters were absolutely magnificent. It is always a very emotional game here at Celtic Park, but that synergy between both got us the result and it was a fantastic three points for us,” said Rodgers.