Brendan Rodgers has named the side that beat Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 last week for the return leg in Russia. For good measure the Irishman has also selected the same substitutes.
There weren’t many other options open to the Celtic boss as he looks to claim a place in the last 16 at the expense of Roberto Mancini’s side.
Callum McGregor’s 78th minute goal gives Celtic an advantage with the midfielder a regular marksman in Europe.
Despite the obvious ability of Charly Musonda to play in the ‘number 10’ role Rodgers knows what he gets from McGregor and has complete trust in his ability whatever the role he is asked to play.
A 1-0 win for Zenit would take the tie to extra time, if there is no further scoring it will go to penalties in which case Dorus de Vries will be required to fulfil the Artur Boruc role!
CELTIC De Vries, Lustig, Simunovic, Ajer, Tierney; Kouassi, Brown, Ntcham; Forrest, Dembele, McGregor
SUBS Bain, Hendry, Sinclair, Rogic, Edouard, Miller, Musonda
