Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Sinclair: We do not fear Barca
C E LT I C w i n g e r S c o t t Sinclair has no fears ahead of the visit of Barcelona as he looks for major improvement on their Nou Camp showing.
Brendan Rodgers’ team suffered t heir heaviest European defeat when they lost 7-0 to the Catalan side in September.
But Sinclair was h e a r t e n e d by C e l t i c ’s progress between t heir double header against Borussia Monchengladbach, when they drew 1-1 in Germany following a 2-0 home loss.
And he believes they can make significantly greater advances when they try to get off the bottom of their Champions League group at Parkhead tomorrow.
“We have learned a lot and everyone will just be looking forward to that game, including the fans,” the former Swansea, Manchester City and Aston Villa player said. “It’s a massive game for us to prove ourselves.
“There’s no a p p r e h e n s i o n . We ’v e learned a l ot from that game. Even when we went away to Monchengladbach we showed the difference when we conceded. We lost the game at home but we went there and drew.
“I think we’ve learned a lot and, hopefully, now we’re going i n with a positive mindset.
“Manchester City beat Barcelona, so anything can happen and i t ’s v e r y d i f f e r e n t w h e n yo u ’r e playing at home. Being in front of our own crowd will spur us on because those fans are unbelievable.
“Barcelona have been beaten here before, so, hopefully, we’ll do it again.”