Celtic struggle without a recognised

COURAGE, unwavering belief and an ability to handle and cope with adversity even in the most stressful of situations.

Brendan Rodgers says Celtic have gained all of these valuable attributes over the past 14 months since he took charge.

That’s just as well because they are going to need every single one of them next week in Norway after a night of frustration on their own turf which has placed their Champions League group-stage ambitions in jeopardy.

Without Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths, the Scottish champions failed to find the killer instinct.

Not only were they held by Rosenborg, they were asked some serious questions of their own. Put it this way, Craig Gordon made more saves than his counterpart Andre Hansen. That tells you a lot.

Rodgers had unquestionably been dealt a dodgy hand. It’s hard to legislate for being hammered so hard with absentees in the same positions.

Yet he had to find solutions. The option was there to shuffle at the back in the absence of Dedryck Boyata and Erik Sviatchenko. Move players around.

Instead he went with a like for like and handed Kristoffer Ajer a debut, which left Kieran Tierney and Mikael Lustig in natural full-back positions.

Tom Rogic started as a false-nine with support coming principally from Scott Sinclair, James Forrest and Stuart Armstrong.

By the time the interval arrived,