Man by Man

CELTIC Craig Gordon 7 Fine early stop to deny Sven Kums. Another couple of other solid stops in the first half but had to kick long too often as the Belgians pressed. Mikael Lustig 6 Rarely flustered as Anderlecht turned the screw in the first half and not wasteful in possession with simple and effective passes. Jozo Simunovic 6 Will curse his own goal but his distribution wasn’t as it good as it could have been. Dedryck Boyata 6 An assured presence against his countrymen. When first-half panic threatened to set in he used his experience to quell any disquiet. Kieran Tierney 5 Uncomfortable against the speed of Anderlecht but just about scrambled cover in the first half. Slipshod defending at goal. Scott Brown 5 Didn’t know whether to stick or twist at times against Sofiane Hanni and Pieter Gerkens. Couldn’t build phases of possession. Stuart Armstrong 3 Struggled to influence the game. His usual forceful running was missing and he looked off the pace. Left inside at interval. Callum McGregor 5 Too passive in the first half but he responded to the tempo set by Ntcham when he came on. Moussa Dembele 6 Too often long passes were played to him at head height costing him the chance to hold the ball up. Scott Sinclair 3 Gave Dennis Apiah too much space on Belgians’ right. Took up some decent positions but toiled to find a final pass. Hooked at half-time. James Forrest 6 Was almost playing at right-back in the first half as Celtic tried to clip the wings of Anderlecht’s wide men. Couldn’t pick a pass of note. SUBS Olivier Ntcham 5 Set a tempo that provoked an immediate reaction from his team. Tom Rogic 3 Found some pockets of space but too often took the wrong option. Odsonne Edouard 2 On late for Dembele, he was lively but few chances broke his way.

Not used: De Vries, Bitton, Griffiths, Ajer.

Anderlecht: Boeckx, Appiah (Bruno 90), Mbodji (Josue Sa 75), Spajic, Obradovic, Gerkens (Teodorczyk 78), Dendoncker, Kums, Trebel, Onyekuru, Hanni. Subs Not Used: Sels, Deschacht, Beric, Harbaoui.

Referee: Matej Jug, Slovenia.