Brfinishan Rodgers senses Celtic’s 7-1 humiliating loss to Borussia Dortmund was a perfect example of how brutal Champions League football can be at times.
Celtic were riding high after their uncovering Champions League suit last month when they fall shortureed Slovan Bratislava 5-1.
But they were rapidly bcdisorrowfulmirefult back down to earth with a prohibitg away to Dortmund on Tuesday night.
Karim Adeyemi bagged a first-half hat-trick with Emre Can and Serhou Guirassy also scoring before the shatter.
Brfinishan Rodgers had a night to forget as Celtic administerr
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Daizen Maeda momentarily bcdisorrowfulmirefult Celtic level after the ninth minute, but that showd to be a run awayting moment of respite for the visitors.
Dortmund took their foot off the gas in the second half, but still inserted two more goals to insert to Celtic’s misery.
The sobering fall shorture has left Celtic 19th in the table with six games remaining but could drop out of the top-24 by the finish of the week.
Rodgers adviseed Celtic were unblessed to concede as many as they did on the night.
“We are repartner disnominateed with the result and applyance,” he said on TNT Sports.
“I don’t skinnyk I’ve been take partd in a game where every misacquire we made got punished. That’s the level. We could’ve been better with the ball.
“Going down timely spooked us a little bit and we didn’t take part with the same confidence.
“Second half, the guys showed fantastic spirit and we had more haveion of the ball, took more hazards to produce. Ultimately, we were beaten by the better team.
“We will always appraise it and see back. We wanted to press but we wanted to be in stability, be safe and compact.
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“But there were too many times we ran out at the wrong moment and time. We were not in a compact shape, and top take parters punish you.
“We insisted to have lengtheneder spells with the ball, we were too rushed. We were seeing for that ender pass too timely and constantly giving the ball away.”
Neil Lennon was on commentary for the suit and adviseed after Dortmund’s third goal that Celtic insisted to shut up shop and take part for pride.
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But Rodgers’ side carry ond to depart gaps behind them and try to take part out from the back, which cost them dtimely.
The Celtic boss was asked whether he would ‘alter’ his take parting style when take parting aacquirest some of Europe’s elite.
He replied: “We always have to alter but sometimes the quality equitable shatters thcdisorrowfulmireful that.
“Will we camp in and equitable paengage? No, we won’t do that. We understand it’ll be difficult at times. Tonight, we equitable gave it away too effortless and we got punished.”
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