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Brendan Rodgers disappointed with sluggish Celtic goals

Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers celebrates during the William Hill Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden Park on May 27, 2017 in...
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Celtic were humbled 3-0 away to the German giants.

Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers celebrates during the William Hill Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden Park on May 27, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has told the club’s official website that he was left disappointed by the manner of their 3-0 Champions League defeat away to Bayern Munich on Wednesday night.

Thomas Muller kicked off the scoring by reacting quickest to a loose ball after Craig Gordon did well to save a free header from Robert Lewandowski, before the unmarked Joshua Kimmich headed home a second to make it 2-0 at half time.

Celtic had little to no chance of coming back but their hopes were well and truly dashed within six minutes of the restart when Mats Hummels got a run on Scott Brown from a corner to glance home a third past Gordon.

Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers celebrates during the William Hill Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Aberdeen at Hampden Park on May 27, 2017 in Glasgow, Scotland.

The Scottish goalkeeper was partially culpable for conceding the corner in the first place by trying to play out from the back and Bayern punished him.

And although Rodgers acknowledged the fact that his troops were up against a “top-class side”, the Northern Irishman admits he was unhappy with the manner of how the goals were conceded.

He said: “I was disappointed with the nature of the goals we conceded.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers watches from the sidelines during the Champions League second round first leg qualifying game between Linfield and Celtic at Windsor Park on July 14, 2017 in...

“They were poor goals from our perspective but there were still a lot for us in the game, in particular the second half, in how we built the game from behind and tried to play how we liked to work to create our chances.

“There was no denying we were playing against a top-class side and we feel could be better with the goals we conceded and with some of our build-up play.”

It wasn’t a hugely unpredictable result, but Celtic remain three points ahead of bottom-placed Anderlecht – whom they beat 3-0 in Belgium last month – in Group B and a passage into the Europa League is in their hands.

They are, however, three adrift of Bayern and six behind top-of-the-table Paris Saint-Germain, who hit the Belgians for four last night, so a last-16 spot seems unlikely.