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Twitter wanted more of it. The atmosphere was great and just to be on the pitch for a European game was brilliant. I was quite nervous and scared at first but once the game started, I forgot about that and just tried to play my normal game.”

While the Europa League doesn’t hold the allure of the group stages of the Champions League, Tierney is desperate for Celtic to go and make their mark in the tournament.

Rosenborg and Red Bull Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg will all look to make it into the latter stages of the competition and Tierney believes that there is prestige to be gained by succeeding in it. “Every team in our group is a hard team,” he said.

“It’s a great tournament. People don’t understand how good it is. It’s prestigious and for me it’s a huge honour to play in it. I don’t take it for granted and I know how tough it’s going to be.”

Rosenborg are familiar foes for Celtic. Tonight’s game is the fifth meeting in 14 months between the sides although Tierney is wary of a greater threat from the Norwegians than there was when they came up against one another in the Champions League qualifiers.

The Trondheim side have been far more steady on and off the field since then with a sequence of ten games producing nine wins and one draw.

“You know what you are coming up against in a way,” said the full-back. “They have been on a good run recently, so it will be a tough game as always but we are looking forward to it.

“We went a goal down to them but we responded well. But we want to go out there and play well from the start this time. They will be more confident but we need to deal with that. We are a few games further on, our fitness is better.

“A couple of results haven’t gone our way but it’s still early in the season in the league. Now it’s the first game of the Europa League. It’s all to play for.”