Almost as soon as the final whistle was blown at Borussia Park Scott Sinclair’s thoughts turned to facing Barcelona.
There will be some domestic matters to attend to before Luis Enrique’s side roll into town for Matchday Five in what is becoming an epic campaign.
The one-game-at-a-time brigade will be telling us all about the importance of Saturday’s visit from Inverness Caley Thistle but reality says otherwise.
Sinclair stepped upto the plate last night and put in a performance that had Gladbach worried all night- none more so than when he saw his exquisite first half shot bounce off the inside of the post.
After crashing to a 7-0 defeat in the Nou Camp all sort of dire warnings were issued about Celtic’s Champions League prospects but with two points on the board Brendan Rodgers side are learning fast about how to cope with the giants of the game.
That defeat in the Nou Camp still hurts the Celtic squad with Sinclair looking forward to doing himself justice- and matching the famous result of 2012 to take the hoops hopes all the way to the Etihad on Matchday Six
“Playing Barca next at Celtic Park is going to be electric,” the former Aston Villa man admitted. “There is always hope. Look at what happened when Celtic beat Barca four years ago.
“When we step on the pitch, we always want to win, and we will try our best. The boys are all looking forward to that and see if we can get a result.
“I’m sure we will be written off and labelled as underdogs, but the boys will give their all.
“What will it take to win? We need to have a good start, give it 100 per cent and stick together.”
After losing 3-1 away to Manchester City, Barca still require a win to guarantee their qualification for the last 16 with two more victories ensuring a top place finish and seeded slot in the draw for the net phase.