Brendan Rodgers admitted he desperately needed to incorporate additional quality to his squad soon after Celtic’s defeat to Lazio finished their curiosity in Europe for yet another time.
The Parkhead side required a earn in the Stadio Olimpico just to remain in the hunt for third area in Team E.
However, two late ambitions in 3 minutes from substitute Ciro Motionless extended their lamentable winless operate in the opposition to 15 games and still left Scotland’s champions cast adrift at the bottom of the portion, with just just one issue from five
Celtic have been awarded a penalty in the third minute of added time for a drive on substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu inside of the box ahead of it was overturned in the wake of VAR intervening and referee Halil Umut Meler getting despatched to the pitchside observe for a further search.
Admitting the require for more excellent is now ‘glaring’, Rodgers desires to do a deal for £4million-rated left-sided Portuguese player Tiago Araujo in the January window.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers wishes to include a lot more quality to his squad following European exit
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A previous Benfica B group-mate of ex-Hoops winger Jota and latest loanee Paulo Bernardo, the 22-yr-previous signed for Estoril at the start of the time.
Capable of taking part in still left-again and on the wing, Mail Activity understands the Under-21 worldwide is a target the club are probable to go after.
‘We want to deliver in top quality, specifically at the top close of the discipline,’ stated Rodgers right after the defeat. ‘So that’s ideally a thing that we can hope to resolve in the future pair of home windows.
‘The players have gained much more experience at this stage and they have demonstrated that they can compete in a great deal of the video games.
‘We have to have to insert quality. That’s the glaring detail that stands out inside of the squad. If we can have players available and add to that then we can go yet again and thrust ahead.’
A wretched document in opposition to Europe’s elite worsened when Celtic, chasing a late winner, conceded two ambitions to Immobile in the 82nd and 85th minutes.
Base of the group with just just one issue from their 5 online games, an undeterred Rodgers believes his young squad will understand classes from the experience.
‘It’s important for us to be in this level of competition,’ he continued. ‘People will look at it and say: “Well, you’ve only received one particular position and you struggle”. But it’s nevertheless critical for us as a club to be there, to support gamers develop and increase and glimpse to obtain.
Substitute Ciro Motionless bagged a late brace to ship Lazio into the last 16
‘So, sure, we will learn from this for positive. The outcome was pretty disappointing.
‘First 50 %, we had been way too risk-free. Though we stored the ball, I sense we necessary to go and press the sport and we didn’t
‘Second 50 percent, we had been a lot far better. We pressed the activity and we managed the video game very well. We have been in the ascendancy.
‘Maybe the very last 20 minutes, we were being the crew who possibly appeared like we could go on and get the end result. We gave absent two poor objectives. To start with a single, we are in a great position where are performing the ball up the pitch, we lose possession and under no circumstances recovered our shape.
‘They received a bit of luck with the deflection. So that was tricky to get late on and, of course, the 2nd aim we require to be more powerful and far better.’
Rodgers (ideal) was lacking key players Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda, Liel Abada and Luis Palma, and handed James Forrest his to start with commence in the Champions League given that 2020.
Bernardo was also named in a three-male midfield, with Celtic dominating possession in the 2nd 50 percent just before Motionless took benefit of a large deflection off Liam Scales to strike the opener.
‘We’ve been hampered with our squad a minimal bit,’ claimed Rodgers.
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‘But the players that have been enjoying have been offering all the things. The hard work and motivation was there.’
Hopes of some late consolation ended up sunk when the Turkish referee awarded Celtic a penalty in additional time for a shove on Oh — then adjusted his mind following a VAR review.
‘That’s the wee bit in which you want the breaks,’ mentioned Rodgers.
‘Even nevertheless it would have been a consolation, it would continue to have been pleasant to get the reward for the work.
‘But undoubtedly, in the levels of competition all through, whether it has been sendings-off or regardless of what, we just never ever obtained the breaks.’
Celtic management and gamers are scheduled to satisfy Pope Francis at the Vatican this early morning prior to flying house to Scotland.
Hundreds of the 4,000 travelling lovers with tickets ended up locked out of the Stadio Olimpico ahead of kick-off just after arduous stadium entry checks.
Decided to give supporters their first gain in the competitiveness given that 2017 in the ultimate team sport from Feyenoord at Parkhead on December 13, Rodgers admitted: ‘We want to finish on a substantial and to get in front of our have supporters.
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‘Our supporters have been amazing coming all all-around Europe and they have not witnessed us winning.
‘So, we would enjoy to be capable to give them that victory and finish off with a constructive outcome towards Feyenoord.’
In the meantime, each Lazio and Celtic encounter disciplinary motion from UEFA soon after residence and absent lovers lobbed lit flares again and forward in excess of a fence just before kick-off previous evening.
Lazio ultras also displayed an offensive banner within the stadium through the match.