A PIECE of individual brilliance from Daizen Maeda earned Celtic a Champions League point after an incredible blunder from Cameron Carter-Vickers gifted Club Brugge the lead at Parkhead.
There was little surprise that Brugge took the lead in the 26th minute but the manner of the goal was a total shock.
Nicolas Kuhn was forced into his box as Brugge pressed and laid the ball off for Carter-Vickers, who passed back without looking. Kasper Schmeichel was at the opposite side of his goal to where the defender guessed and the ball rolled into the corner of the net.
Celtic struggled to make inroads until Maeda took centre stage on the hour mark. The wide player’s Cruyff turn set up the chance to shoot from a tight angle and he curled in off the post.
Brugge had a goal disallowed before Celtic finished the game on top as they moved on to eight points ahead of their trip to Croatia to face Dinamo Zagreb on December 10.
The Belgians imposed themselves on the game from the start, with Celtic struggling to get out of their half. Centre-forward Ferran Jutgla came close from 20 yards after Reo Hatate had shown too much of the ball to an opposing midfielder.
Former Brugge B team player Arne Engels fired well over from a half-chance but that was a rare foray forward for Celtic in the opening quarter.
The visitors were playing through Celtic’s midfield and Andreas Skov Olsen curled just wide.
Despite the visitors’ superiority, Schmeichel had not had a save to make before being beaten by Carter-Vickers. The Celtic goalkeeper summoned his team-mates to give them his thoughts on what was going wrong.
The home team offered more of a threat before the interval, mainly through the wing play of Kuhn, who twice almost set up Kyogo Furuhashi and then did find Hatate, whose glancing header was comfortably saved.
Hatate shot wide from 22 yards after the interval but the game twice nearly drifted further away from the Scottish champions in the early stages of the second half.
Schmeichel pulled off an excellent stop from Maxim De Cuyper after the left-back broke forward and burst past Auston Trusty’s attempted tackle. Skov Olsen then blazed over from eight yards after a deep cross found him unmarked.
Brendan Rodgers made a double switch as Paulo Bernardo and Alex Valle came on and the latter immediately set up the equaliser with a well-weighted pass, although Maeda effectively made the goal himself.
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There was a further twist 10 minutes later when Jutgla had a goal disallowed following a VAR check after stabbing home from 10 yards after Celtic could not defend a cross. A marginal offside came to the hosts’ rescue.
Bernardo made a difference to Celtic’s midfield after replacing Engels and the Portugal Under-21 international came closest to winning the game for the Hoops when he shot just wide from 20 yards after good skill.
Rodgers’ side kept the pressure on but there was no clear-cut opportunity in the final stages.
Elsewhere, Emiliano Martinez produced a wonder save and Aston Villa were controversially denied a last-gasp winner as they played out a 0-0 draw with Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Chances were at a premium in Birmingham but the home side had Argentina international Martinez to thank for keeping the scores level.
Unai Emery’s Villa raced out of the blocks in Europe this season, winning their first three matches, but they have now failed to any of their past seven games in all competitions.
Emery made it clear before the match that a draw would not be a bad result against the Italian giants as he plots an exit from the revamped group stage.
Juventus, playing without a recognised striker, enjoyed the bulk of possession in the early stages but showed little punch against the home side.
The game opened up as the first half progressed.
Teenager Kenan Yildiz drifted in from the left but dragged his shot wide of Martinez’s right-hand post in the 20th minute.
The first shot on target for either side came when Ollie Watkins controlled a clever Boubacar Kamara pass in the 37th minute but Juventus goalkeeper Michele di Gregorio pushed the ball behind.
Matty Cash lashed a shot towards goal from the resulting corner but it hit a Juventus player and the Italians broke with pace, Timothy Weah, playing up front, fired over from distance.
Martinez then kept out a shot from the impressive Francisco Conceicao.
But Villa came closest to breaking the deadlock in first-half stoppage time when Lucas Digne rattled the crossbar from a free-kick.
Both teams showed more urgency early in the second half as the game picked up pace, with the home crowd trying to lift Villa.
Two-time champions Juventus had a glorious chance to take the lead in the 65th minute when the ball fell to Conceicao at the back post from a corner.
He got his effort on target but somehow Martinez made up ground to his right, diving low to keep the ball out, millimetres short of crossing the line.
Five minutes later Villa were denied when Bailey crossed for John McGinn, whose shot was kept out by the outstretched boot of Manuel Locatelli.
Villa thought they had won the match in the final seconds when Morgan Rogers hooked in from close range after a Youri Tielemans free-kick.
But the officials ruled there had been a foul on the goalkeeper.
Villa, playing their first season in Europe’s top-tier competition since the 1982/83 season, started their campaign with three wins, including a memorable 1-0 triumph against Bayern Munich before defeat at Club Brugge.
Juventus now have two wins, two draws and a defeat.
Additional reporting by AFP
UEFA Champions League results on Wednesday:
Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 5 (Silas 12, Krunic 31, Ivanic 65, Radonjic 69, 88) Stuttgart (GER) 1 (Demirovic 5)
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A PIECE of individual brilliance from Daizen Maeda earned Celtic a Champions League point after an incredible blunder from Cameron Carter-Vickers gifted Club Brugge the lead at Parkhead.
There was little surprise that Brugge took the lead in the 26th minute but the manner of the goal was a total shock.
Nicolas Kuhn was forced into his box as Brugge pressed and laid the ball off for Carter-Vickers, who passed back without looking. Kasper Schmeichel was at the opposite side of his goal to where the defender guessed and the ball rolled into the corner of the net.
Celtic struggled to make inroads until Maeda took centre stage on the hour mark. The wide player’s Cruyff turn set up the chance to shoot from a tight angle and he curled in off the post.
Brugge had a goal disallowed before Celtic finished the game on top as they moved on to eight points ahead of their trip to Croatia to face Dinamo Zagreb on December 10.
The Belgians imposed themselves on the game from the start, with Celtic struggling to get out of their half. Centre-forward Ferran Jutgla came close from 20 yards after Reo Hatate had shown too much of the ball to an opposing midfielder.
Former Brugge B team player Arne Engels fired well over from a half-chance but that was a rare foray forward for Celtic in the opening quarter.
The visitors were playing through Celtic’s midfield and Andreas Skov Olsen curled just wide.
Despite the visitors’ superiority, Schmeichel had not had a save to make before being beaten by Carter-Vickers. The Celtic goalkeeper summoned his team-mates to give them his thoughts on what was going wrong.
The home team offered more of a threat before the interval, mainly through the wing play of Kuhn, who twice almost set up Kyogo Furuhashi and then did find Hatate, whose glancing header was comfortably saved.
Hatate shot wide from 22 yards after the interval but the game twice nearly drifted further away from the Scottish champions in the early stages of the second half.
Schmeichel pulled off an excellent stop from Maxim De Cuyper after the left-back broke forward and burst past Auston Trusty’s attempted tackle. Skov Olsen then blazed over from eight yards after a deep cross found him unmarked.
Brendan Rodgers made a double switch as Paulo Bernardo and Alex Valle came on and the latter immediately set up the equaliser with a well-weighted pass, although Maeda effectively made the goal himself.
There was a further twist 10 minutes later when Jutgla had a goal disallowed following a VAR check after stabbing home from 10 yards after Celtic could not defend a cross. A marginal offside came to the hosts’ rescue.
Bernardo made a difference to Celtic’s midfield after replacing Engels and the Portugal Under-21 international came closest to winning the game for the Hoops when he shot just wide from 20 yards after good skill.
Rodgers’ side kept the pressure on but there was no clear-cut opportunity in the final stages.
Elsewhere, Emiliano Martinez produced a wonder save and Aston Villa were controversially denied a last-gasp winner as they played out a 0-0 draw with Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Chances were at a premium in Birmingham but the home side had Argentina international Martinez to thank for keeping the scores level.
Unai Emery’s Villa raced out of the blocks in Europe this season, winning their first three matches, but they have now failed to any of their past seven games in all competitions.
Emery made it clear before the match that a draw would not be a bad result against the Italian giants as he plots an exit from the revamped group stage.
Juventus, playing without a recognised striker, enjoyed the bulk of possession in the early stages but showed little punch against the home side.
The game opened up as the first half progressed.
Teenager Kenan Yildiz drifted in from the left but dragged his shot wide of Martinez’s right-hand post in the 20th minute.
The first shot on target for either side came when Ollie Watkins controlled a clever Boubacar Kamara pass in the 37th minute but Juventus goalkeeper Michele di Gregorio pushed the ball behind.
Matty Cash lashed a shot towards goal from the resulting corner but it hit a Juventus player and the Italians broke with pace, Timothy Weah, playing up front, fired over from distance.
Martinez then kept out a shot from the impressive Francisco Conceicao.
But Villa came closest to breaking the deadlock in first-half stoppage time when Lucas Digne rattled the crossbar from a free-kick.
Both teams showed more urgency early in the second half as the game picked up pace, with the home crowd trying to lift Villa.
Two-time champions Juventus had a glorious chance to take the lead in the 65th minute when the ball fell to Conceicao at the back post from a corner.
He got his effort on target but somehow Martinez made up ground to his right, diving low to keep the ball out, millimetres short of crossing the line.
Five minutes later Villa were denied when Bailey crossed for John McGinn, whose shot was kept out by the outstretched boot of Manuel Locatelli.
Villa thought they had won the match in the final seconds when Morgan Rogers hooked in from close range after a Youri Tielemans free-kick.
But the officials ruled there had been a foul on the goalkeeper.
Villa, playing their first season in Europe’s top-tier competition since the 1982/83 season, started their campaign with three wins, including a memorable 1-0 triumph against Bayern Munich before defeat at Club Brugge.
Juventus now have two wins, two draws and a defeat.
Additional reporting by AFP
UEFA Champions League results on Wednesday:
Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 5 (Silas 12, Krunic 31, Ivanic 65, Radonjic 69, 88) Stuttgart (GER) 1 (Demirovic 5)
Sturm Graz (AUT) 1 (Biereth 59) Girona (ESP) 0
Aston Villa (ENG) 0 Juventus (ITA) 0
Bologna (ITA) 1 (Lucumi 63) Lille (FRA) 2 (Mukau 44, 66)
Celtic (SCO) 1 (Maeda 60) Club Brugge (BEL) 1 (Carter-Vickers 26-og)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 0 Borussia Dortmund (GER) 3 (Gittens 41, Bensebaini 56, Guirassy 90)
Liverpool (ENG) 2 (Mac Allister 52, Gakpo 77) Real Madrid (ESP) 0
Monaco (FRA) 2 (Ben Seghir 13, Magassa 67) Benfica (POR) 3 (Pavlidis 48, Cabral 84, Amdouni 88)
PSV Eindhoven (NED) 3 (Tillman 87, 90, Pepi 90+5) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 2 (Sikan 8, Zubkov 37)
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