Brown out to make amends in Cluj clash

Celtic have made no secret of their desire for revenge against Cluj in the Europa League this week and captain Scott Brown has more reason than most.

The midfielder gave away a penalty in the shock 4-3 defeat by the Romanians at Parkhead last month, which cost Neil Lennon’s men their place in the Champions League.

While trying not to fixate on the blunder, Brown, pictured, relishes the opportunity to make amends so soon.

He said: “Every game is personal for me. I want to win every single game and I always think I can do better. I believe I can do better.

“In the last match I gave away a handball and that is not like me. It was just one of those freak things that happened.

“You don’t dwell on it too long. The good thing about football is that there is always another game where you can go out there and show everyone wrong.

“I thought we were playing well [prior to that defeat by the Romanians].

“It was just one sloppy game where we probably didn’t perform as well as we should have.”

He anticipates a better showing this time around

as they look to make their visitors pay.

Brown said: “It’s going to be agoodgame.weknowhow they play and they know how we play. I think we owe them one to be perfectly honest, and especially me.

“It was a disappointing performance, but we are in the Europa League, and now we’ve got Cluj yet again.”

Celtic head into the match on the back of a 1-1 draw at Hibs which ended their winning domestic run.

“Obviously we are hurting – we want to take three points week in and week out. But it’s not that easy,” added Brown. “We’ve had a fantastic start to the season. We’ve come here and got a point, but this is a hard place to come. We’ll take it, move on and look forward to Thursday.”