WE’RE NOT BOTTLERS ANY MORE AND

From Back Page days ago, Rodgers’ side face an evening of intense scrutiny with their group-stage aspirations balanced on a knife-edge.

In the past, Celtic have cracked away from home in such circumstances.

Brown has endured nightmare evenings in places such as Braga, Warsaw and Malmo which led to exits from Europe’s premier competition but insists Rodgers has changed the mentality of the team going away from home.

Celtic got through tough tests in Kazakhstan and Israel 12 months ago and also gained group-stage draws in Manchester and Monchengladbach

The skipper believes that calm character will be on show in Trondheim and said: “It is a totally different team from any I have played in.

“We have the belief that we can go anywhere and score goals, even when we are playing against some of the top teams in the world.

“We played against Manchester City away last season, pressed them up the park and made them make mistakes.

“It is totally different from the old Celtic where we used to sit back and get 12 per cent of the ball against Barcelona, although we won that game 2-1.

“It is a different manager with a different philosophy and he believes we have enough energy that we can press teams and create chances. We have good players as well.

“Even the fans believe we can go through whether we are at home or away.

“That’s brought in from the manager and his backroom staff. That has been battered into us, to relax when you are away from home.

“That’s what we thrive off now. When