Five things we learned as Celtic crash landed

Celtic could hardly do anything right. Passes were going astray, there was no semblance of shape, and Copenhagen looked likelier to add a second than Celtic did of turning things around.

Even the introduction of Leigh Griffiths and a change back to 3-5-2 failed to spark things, with Jullien reduced to shelling long balls through the middle towards the frontmen, a tactic which played right into the hands of the towering Victor Nelsson.

VAR almost rode to the rescue

After giving a penalty against Celtic last week in the Telia Parken – which Fraser Forster saved – it looked like the technology had ridden to the rescue here for Lennon’s side as it spotted a handball from Ragnar Sigurdsson that had missed by referee Artur Dias.

Odsonne Edouard, who had been a peripheral figure throughout, stepped up and produced a Panenka that was wholly out of place with the haphazard play of Celtic in the second half. There was just seven minutes left on the clock, but there were further twists to come.

Flat both on and off the park

It is strange to say this of a European night at Celtic Park, but the electric atmosphere that so often accompanies these special evenings wasn’t quite there even prior to kick off.

Perhaps there were nerves in the air, but the flatness in the stands transmitted its way onto the field, and the players couldn’t produce anything to spark the punters into life either.

The only time the old ground was bouncing was in the two-minute period between Edouard’s penalty that put Celtic in the driving seat, and Biel’s second for Copenhagen, which acted as a gut-punch that sucked the air out of the stadium.

By the time N’Doye somehow bulldozed his way through to add a third for Stale Solbakken’s side, it was like a wake rather than the party the home fans were probably expecting.