Brendan Rodgers acknowledges facing Borussia Dortmund at their legendary 'Yellow Wall' is a significant test for Celtic in the Champions League. Despite this, he expresses confidence that his summer signings have elevated the team to a new level.
Brendan Rodgers agrees that facing Borussia Dortmund in front of their famous " Yellow Wall " of fans on Tuesday is the "acid test" of Celtic 's ability to compete in the Champions League .
Asked if this was the acid test for his Scottish Premiership leaders, Rodgers replied: "I think this level is about as much about the head as it is about the skill. I don't doubt that with this team."I think we arrive in a great place. I am very relaxed and focused that we can get a result that builds on the first result."
"We are under no illusions that we are up against a team who are challenging at the very top of elite football, but for us I've always said, whether domestically or away in this competition, it is about making us very difficult to play against with and without the ball. "They are a very prestigious club with amazing talent in their squad and a fantastic coach. It will be a challenge for us, but at the same time a big challenge, a huge challenge, which they didn't have this season, playing in our stadium.United States centre-half Cameron Carter-Vickers is again not available for Celtic through injury and has not travelled to Germany.
"If you can play at Celtic Park, you can play everywhere. If you don't have the belief then you are better not to come and say it's 5-0 for them. We want to come here and win like every game."Borussia Dortmund have won six of their 16 games against Scottish sides, losing four of them - once to Celtic and three times to Rangers.
Celtic and Dortmund have met twice before in European competition - both in the Uefa Cup - with the Germans progressing both times on aggregate. Borussia Dortmund come into this clash on an 11-match unbeaten streak at home in the UEFA Champions League , keeping eight clean sheets during this run. This is already Dortmund’s longest ever home unbeaten run in the competition.
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