Tomorrow’s match with Leicester City doesn’t quite have a Battle of Britain feel about it but if the two teams meet later this season in the Champions League it will come with all of the trimmings.
It may seem strange but two matches against Astana will have much more impact on Celtic’s season than the weekend fixtures against Leicester City and Barcelona.
Over the two matches against Lincoln Red Imps Brendan Rodgers got to see a significant number of players, some in the case of Efe Ambrose look to have played their way out of the side while Callum McGregor and Stuart Armstrong are banging on the door for a starting place in Kazakhstan.
For those that didn’t make the bench for either match time is running out to impress the new gaffer- especially for midfielders. With Nir Bitton and Stefan Johansen both out injured and a 3-5-2 formation preferred it must have been worrying for Liam Henderson and Scott Allan to be watching from the stand.
The real action kicks off on Wednesday, if Rodgers can steer Celtic past Astana into the play-off round he’ll be within touching distance of the promised land- and reinforcements for his squad.
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