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FEB 26, 2020 FEB 27, 20190 A GOOD MIND TO DUMP HOOPS

suggestion the job’s just about done or that his players might take qualification for granted.

“No chance!” he says as his back stiffens and he sits upright in his seat.

“You can’t take any opposition lightly. Copenhagen have a good manager who’s very experienced and has been doing the European bit for a long time now.

“You could see that in the second half when they put us under pressure.

“They upped their game and gave us a lot of problems. They had good rotation in midfield and their strikers were big and

Solbakken added: “We know we have scored at away grounds this season. We are satisfied with what we have done in Europe and there is nobody in our dressing room who doesn’t believe it can’t happen in Glasgow.

“We have brought a culture into the club in terms of demanding powerful. They gave us a lot of problems and we became passive and came off it a bit.

“We’re going to need to be more aggressive in our pressing and work rate tomorrow.

“It could possibly be an open game. Even in the second half we still got a couple of great chances on the counter attack and looked as if we could score so I’m looking for more of that tomorrow night.”

As anniversary presents go, a couple of Celtic goals and a place in the last 16 of the Europa League would suit Lennon just fine. things. We don’t go for nice performances without results.

“People used to think: Nice try, but you lost. We are now doing it for one reason and that’s to win, no other reason.”

Midfielder Jens Stage is hoping to make up for his missed penalty in the first leg and said: “I felt in the first half [of first leg] we didn’t really believe in ourselves.

“From the second half it was like everybody got a confidence boost and we kept following the game plan, only with confidence.

“The atmosphere in Copenhagen was amazing too and it will be the same here.”