TIERNEY BY NUMBERS

Tierney has been sidelined for more than three months since damaging a hip against Red Bull Salzburg in the roup stages.

But Rodgers expects the 21-year-old to be ready to resume his campaign against Motherwell on Sunday – in time to take the armband back from skipper Scott Brown who will serve a one match suspension after being sent off after bagging a late winner at Kilmarnock on Sunday.

The Celtic boss said: “By the end of this week that’ll be two full weeks Kieran will have had training with the team. So we would hope that maybe by Motherwell at the weekend he would be in with a chance so we’ll assess that and see how it goes.

“But he’s looking very strong. He’s looking back to the running ability he showed before the injury because physicality is