Broony wants to party like Tommy
arguably equal that triumphant in 2007. And he believes the spirit of his Celtic team would see this side through the tie.
“I might not make it to 100 but it could be a special night,” said Brown. “[One time] we played a Russian team – against Spartak [in 2007] – it was one of the best.
“It was us winning on penalties and Tommy jumping on top of us in the celebrations was something special. If we get through against Zenit it will be right up there with that night. That was an emotional one, getting us in to the Champions League.
“If we can get to the last 16 this year it would be fantastic for the club.
“It would be a big achievement because you see some of the teams that are in this competition at this stage. There’s the likes of Atletico Madrid in there – but we need to get through this one first.”
Judging from the feeling emanating from the Celtic camp, they feel that something special just might happen again.
“You could see how much it means to the manager last week,” said Brown. “It showed he loves the club and he believes in us. We played well on the day and everything felt right for us.
“No one could quite believe it when he [Callum McGregor] scored, and we were all over each other in the celebrations.”
Back to the domestic scene and all of a sudden a title race could be on the cards. Not that the Celtic captain agrees with this.
He said: “We’ll be fine. We just need to get back to killing teams off.
“We need to do it against Zenit, but it was a good performance in the first leg. We put a top quality team under pressure and if we can do that against them then we can do it in the SPFL.”