The Hoops captain is sick of hard luck tales against Europe's elite as he looks to seal a knockout spot with a game to spare
Callum McGregor insists Celtic are determined to blast into the knockout stages and rip up their Champions League nearly men tag.
“It’s now down to the players to prove that. No more hard luck stories? Yeah, yeah, exactly. You want to be a team that is successful, that can get to the next phase and try and get even further than that. “It’s been a long time since the club has done it. So can we be the group of players that bring us back to that level? It’s certainly what we want as a club, and, if we do that, the players can feel proud of themselves as well.”
McGregor won’t underestimate Young Boys and he admitted European sides have sat up and taken notice of Celts since the Leipzig clash – with Brugge and Dinamo Zagreb setting up to frustrate the Scots. Young Boys might attempt similar, but the skipper said: “I think teams now, probably after the Leipzig game, are maybe giving us a bit more respect.
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