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UEL: CELTICBEATEN CONVINCINGLY BY LEVERKUSEN
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Scottish Premiership side Celtic were on the end of a 4-0 drubbing at home to German Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen in their latest outing in the Europa League. Bayer Leverkusen scored two goals in each half to produce a dominant scoreline against the immediate past Scottish Premiership champions at the end of the Group G encounter.
Celtic conceded the first goal of their UEFA Europa League (UEL) encounter with Leverkusen shortly after the midway point of the first half. Young Ecuadorian centre back PieroHincapie was the recipient of the first goal on 25 minutes before highly rated German teenager Florian Wirtz doubled the advantage for Leverkusen ten minutes later. Goals from teenage players Hincapie and Wirtz established a two-goal lead for the Germans at the halfway stage of the Europa League game.
Leverkusen scored a third goal through a Lucas Alario penalty before substitute Amine Adli wrapped up the emphatic win over Celtic on the stroke of full-time. The immediate past Scottish champions were thoroughly beaten at home by Leverkusen thus making it two losses from two games in Group G of the Europa League this season. In their first game in the group, Real Betis came from behind twice to beat Celtic as the two teams served up a seven-goal thriller. The Spanish La Liga side had Juanmi to thank for the win due to his brace either side of the interval. Juan Miranda and Borja Iglesias were also on target for the home team. Celtic got their goals through fullbacks Josip Juranovic and Anthony Ralston, while Swiss striker AlbianAjeti also found the back of the net.
Celtic are rooted to the bottom of Group G after two games with zero point. Celtic and Hungarian side Ferencvaros have no point after two rounds of games but Celtic occupy the last spot with an inferior goal difference. Bayer Leverkusen and Real Betis are in first and second position respectively. Betis and Leverkusen have six points each but the latter has a better goal difference.