Celtic secured Champions League development with a Younger Boys personal objective on an evening of disallowed objectives, missed penalties and crimson card drama at Parkhead.
The Hoops knew a win in opposition to the aspect backside of the desk would all however assure a play-off place and Kyogo thought he had given them the dream begin just for his strike to be dominated out for offside.
Callum McGregor’s foul noticed the Japan striker denied once more earlier than he had a 3rd objective dominated out, once more for offside, as they dominated in opposition to a aspect who’ve but to choose up a degree on this season’s Champions League.
Kasper Schmeichel produced an excellent double save
Luck wasn’t on Celtic’s aspect with Arne Engels’ poor penalty simply saved after Greg Taylor was introduced down within the field earlier than half-time.
Auston Trusty struck the bar earlier than Kasper Schmeichel produced an excellent double save to disclaim Younger Boys, however their fortunes turned when Loris Benito turned Adam Idah’s ball into his personal internet to spark wild celebrations.
Celtic have Daizen Maeda despatched off for a late, pointless problem as they progressed to the knockout phases with a recreation to spare.
Hoops finish 12-year wait
Idah celebrates at full-time
A draw would have left Celtic probably needing a end result at Villa Park subsequent Wednesday however the late objective propelled them as much as 18th place, stage on 12 factors with Juventus, Actual Madrid, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
A win in Birmingham subsequent week would possible see Celtic declare one of many seeded locations within the play-off spherical, if not a top-eight end and direct entry to the final 16.
The late slice of luck was a minimum of Celtic deserved for a efficiency that was filled with verve for 60 minutes. Midfielders Callum McGregor, Engels and Hatate dominated play and Celtic discovered areas by means of the visiting again 4 proper from the beginning.
Maeda and Nicolas Kuhn obtained spherical the surface with regularity however the deliveries weren’t fairly falling for Furuhashi.
The Japan ahead’s first offside objective got here inside six minutes following a go from Engels and Kuhn quickly obtained in behind following McGregor’s go however noticed his shot deflected large after skipping previous three males.
Kyogo Furuhashi fired to the web however his strike was dominated out for offside
Hatate and Furuhashi shot large from half-chances earlier than Kasper Schmeichel made his solely first-half cease to beat away Joel Monteiro’s 25-yard strike.
Furuhashi then had two objectives chalked off inside two minutes simply after the half-hour mark. The primary was initially given after McGregor robbed Niasse and arrange the centre-forward to wrongfoot the goalkeeper however Norwegian referee Rohit Saggi penalised the Celtic captain for a foul following a VAR overview.
Furuhashi thought he had given Celtic an early lead
Furuhashi was then flagged offside once more after changing Maeda’s cross from shut vary.
Engels’ weak penalty was saved within the forty first minute after Taylor had his shirt pulled however the Belgian shook off the miss to create a number of probabilities from set-pieces earlier than the break. Furuhashi and Hatate – twice – got here shut.
Arne Engels seems dejected a first-half penalty miss
The stress continued after the interval. Engels, Maeda and McGregor had pictures saved and Trusty headed in opposition to the bar earlier than Celtic nearly obtained hit by a sucker punch just for Schmeichel to tug off an excellent double cease from Darian Males.
Celtic’s power ranges began to dip and Brendan Rodgers made some adjustments in a bid to regain the impetus, Alex Valle and Paulo Bernardo approaching halfway by means of the half earlier than Idah changed Furuhashi.
There was no rapid affect and guests threatened from some set-pieces however Idah’s run in behind led to the objective and Schmeichel saved from Sandro Lauper within the remaining seconds of stoppage time.
