Skipper knows it's going to take something special to beat Bayern Munich but insists they've proved they can reach the levels required.
Thirty-five days earlier they’d had the legs run off them in a Borussia Dortmund chasing. But Callum McGregor insists Celtic’s next Champions League contest against Bundesliga opposition was the night that Brendan Rodgers side truly hit their stride at the top level.
If the Hoops are to stand any chance of producing a seismic result against Bayern Munich they will need to reproduce the Leipzig display. And then some. A performance McGregor agrees is the most intense he has ever been involved in. “At the end of the game, like I said, they almost started looking at each other and stopped running because every time they went to press, we played our way out and almost scored. That was us at the highest level of football against a really top opponent. That was everything that Celtic wants to be in Europe.
“The Leipzig one was much more controlled against the ball. Sometimes you realise you've got to suffer a wee bit in shape and press at different times in the game. You can't just chase every single pass. “It’s okay to talking a good game but we've actually then taken that to the pitch and shown and there's been something to show for that. Wednesday night is another chance for us to show how much we've learned throughout the league phase. We back ourselves and let's hope we have a good night.”
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