Exit for sorry Celtic

A mistake by Johnsson just before the break in failing to keep the ball in on the byeline allowed Elyounoussi to hook the ball across an open goal with no takers, but the visiting keeper soon made amends when he saved Edouard’s close-range header.

Celtic began the second half with purpose and from a cleared corner Callum Mcgregor volleyed into the net from the edge of the box, but Portuguese referee Artur Dias had blown for a foul on Johnsson.

Moments later, FC Copenhagen were ahead. Simunovic was woefully short with a back pass to keeper Fraser Forster, allowing Santos to step in and when his cross was blocked by defender Christopher Jullien, the Uruguay international lifted the loose ball high into the net from eight yards before running to take the acclaim of the 1,800 or so away fans.

Johnsson smothered a drive from Rogic in the 69th minute before Leigh Griffiths replaced Elyounoussi to join Edouard in attack. Within seconds, amid a goalmouth scramble, the FC Copenhagen keeper had made a remarkable save while lying in the sixyard box from Griffiths.

The Parkhead men kept pushing but the visitors looked a threat on the occasional counter, Santos driving wide from the edge of the box in the 77th minute.

Three minutes later, referee Dias went to his monitor before deciding Ragnar Sigurdsson had handled Edouard’s cross into the box and, after a nervy few moments for the hosts, he pointed to the spot, with the French striker confidently converted.

However, just when it looked like the tie was going Celtic’s way, it turned back to FC Copenhagen.

A swift break ended when Biel slipped the ball through the legs of Forster to make it 2-1, and Parkhead was stunned again when Senegalese striker N’doye broke through to add a third from close range.

Celtic: Forster, Ajer, Jullien, Simunovic, Taylor, Brown, Mcgregor, Forrest, Rogic, Elyounoussi (Griffiths 70), Edouard. Subs not used: Bitton, Bayo, Hayes, Bolingoli Mbombo, Bain, Frimpong.

FC Copenhagen: Johnsson, Varela, Nelsson, Sigurdsson, Bengtsson, Mas (Bjelland 86), Stage, Zeca, Jensen, Kaufmann (Santos 45), N’doye, Santos (Daramy 88). Subs not used: Thomsen, Gyrtebust, Bartolec, Oviedo.

Ref: Artur Soraes Dias (Portugal).

ARSENAL 1 OLYMPIACOS 2

(2-2 ON AGG, OLYMPIACOS WIN ON AWAY GOALS)

Arsenal crashed out of the Europa League as Youssef El Arabi’s goal in the last second of extra-time ensured Olympiacos advanced into the round of 16 after a dramatic victory at the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners were lacklustre and deserved nothing more than to be humbled, although the manner of the 2-1 defeat will linger long in the memory.

Pierre-emerick Aubameyang thought he had provided the heroics having equalised in the second period of extra-time after Pape Abou Cisse’s header had taken the tie into the additional 30 minutes.

But, after Gunners goalkeeper Bernd Leno fluffed his lines and cost his side a corner, Olympiacos recycled possession and El Arabi was on hand to steer Giorgos Masouras’ cross past the Germany international.