Key events
The atmosphere at Celtic Park will be key tonight.
Starting lineups
Celtic (4-3-3): Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor; McGregor, Engels, Hatate; Kuhn Maeda, Idah
Subs: Sinisalo, Bain, Scales, Yang, McGowan, Schlupp, Kenny, Murray, Ralston, Nawrocki
Bayern (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Lahmer, Upamecano, Dier, Guerreiro; Kimmich, Goretzka; Olise, Musiala, Sane; Kane
Subs: Ulreich, Urbig, Min-jae, Gnabry, Coman, Ito, Boey, Vidovic, Muller, Buchmann, Stanisic, Pavlovic
Ewan Murray looks back at Bayern’s Scottish clashes.
Preamble
Famously, some smarty pants at ITV once tweeted ‘Bye bye Celtic’ after they were drawn in the Champions League to face Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow in the group stage. Neil Lennon did not take it well and rubbed it into the face of the social media scamp by leading the Scottish side through to the knockouts, including a famous win over Barcelona.
It was rumoured that Lennon stuck in the tweet in the dressing room to use it as inspiration, giving two fingers to the London-based broadcaster. “It was a cheap shot really,” Lennon said of the tweet. “It was born out of ignorance.”
Once again, from the outside it looks like Celtic have a very difficult Champions League task in front of them. Bayern Munich are in town in this playoff novelty and there will be a second leg in Germany next week. The odds are against them but Celtic will, once again, be very eager to prove any doubters wrong.
Kick-off: 8pm GMT
