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Celtic twice lost a lead as they gained their first Champions League point in a 2-2 home draw with 10-man Atletico Madrid sports
Kyogo Furuhashi got Celtic off to a flying start with his second goal in two Champions League games and Luis Palma quickly restored Celtic’s lead after Antoine Griezmann scored following his own saved penalty sports
Celtic were deservedly on course for a first Champions League group-stage home win in 10 years following a first-half display full of pace and purpose but they started slowly after the break and Alvaro Morata levelled inside eight minutes of the restart sports
The Scottish champions never rediscovered their spark - even after Atletico went down to 10 men in the 82nd minute - and their run without a home win at this level is now at 12 games sports
Feyenoord’s win over Lazio left Celtic three points adrift of the Italians at the bottom of Group E, halfway through the campaign with trips to Spain and Rome to follow sports
The build-up to the game had been dominated by internal and external strife sports
Thousands of Celtic fans defied the club before kick-off by displaying Palestine flags, an act which will inevitably lead to UEFA sanctions sports
Atletico’s decision to dispense with their striped shirts and wear an all-red top based on the one worn by the team that beat Celtic in the 1974 European Cup semi-finals also opened old wounds sports
Two of the team that gained a goalless first-leg draw at Parkhead had travelled with the current side but the tribute did not go down well among the Celtic support given Atletico had three men sent off and seven others booked in that brutal encounter sports
Furuhashi ignited the highly-charged atmosphere inside four minutes following a one-touch move sports
The Japan international twice exchanged passes with Matt O’Riley before taking a touch and slotting home from six yards sports
There was a blow for Brendan Rodgers moments later when Reo Hatate went off injured sports
The Celtic manager brought on 21-year-old midfielder Paulo Bernardo, who is yet to start a game since his loan move from Benfica sports
The home side remained positive, roared on by the crowd as they pressed Atletico high up the park, but the visitors levelled in the 25th minute after Greg Taylor was penalised for a trip on Nahuel Molina sports
Joe Hart saved Griezmann’s penalty at full stretch but the France international dispatched the rebound sports
Taylor atoned three minutes later when he played a searching ball beyond right-back Molina which sent Daizen Maeda in behind sports
The resulting cross found fellow winger Palma and the Honduran took a touch and rifled a shot in off the post sports
Luis Palma gave Celtic the lead for a second time (Getty Images)Palma had been denied a late goal against Lazio three weeks ago by a marginal VAR ruling and an offside decision soon went Celtic’s way after Axel Witsel headed home from a set-piece sports
O’Riley had earlier threatened with a first-time strike which was met with a diving save as Celtic continued to attack with verve sports
Diego Simeone made two half-time changes and substitute Marcos Llorente vindicated his introduction within eight minutes as he crossed for Morata to equalise with a diving header sports
Morata and Llorente both threatened and Rodgers responded by bringing on centre-back Nat Phillips for Palma and changing formation sports
Atletico continued to boss possession and Celtic were contributing to their difficulties with some slack passing sports
Hart saved well from Morata after the Spain international turned Cameron Carter-Vickers sports
Celtic got a lifeline when Argentinian midfielder Rodrigo de Paul received a second yellow card following a sliding tackle on Bernardo sports
Substitute James Forrest shot not far over but Celtic could not seriously trouble the 10 men sports
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Chelsea have been drawn against Real Madrid and Arsenal’s conquerors Paris FC in the Women’s Champions League group stage sports
Emma Hayes’ side, beaten finalists in 2021, will also face Swedish outfit Hacken in Group D sports
French side Paris beat last season’s semi-finalists Arsenal on penalties in the first qualifying round on their way to this phase of the competition for the first time sports
Neighbours Paris Saint-Germain, who dispensed with WSL runners-up Manchester United in the second qualifying round, have been drawn in Group C along with Bayern Munich, Roma and Ajax sports
Eight-times winners Lyon face Slavia Prague, St Polten and Brann - who beat Scottish champions Glasgow City to reach this stage for the first time - while reigning champions Barcelona were paired with Rosengard, Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt sports
Chelsea were beaten by Barcelona in last season’s semi-finals, following a memorable quarter-final victory against the holders Lyon sports
Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Marc Skinner clarified his comments around the Champions League qualifying format after suggesting it was “crazy” United played PSG in a qualifying round sports
After finishing second in the Women’s Super League last season, United went through the competition’s qualifying rounds and were knocked out at the second hurdle on Wednesday night after being beaten 4-2 on aggregate by PSGLast year’s WSL winners Chelsea earned an automatic group spot, while third-placed Arsenal went into the qualifiers, where they were eliminated by Paris FC in the first round sports
Skinner said: “My comment was much more about the breadth and quality, I believe there is a need for more teams to be in this competition, and then you’ll see who is average and who isn’t sports
“Who knows, we might have been average in a group stage, you don’t know that sports
If there was any offence taken then I’m sorry for that, but that’s not what I meant sports
“What I meant, and I’ll be clear on it, was I think there should be a broader scope of teams and there should be more teams in this competition so that we can actually then see where the elite level lies within Europe sports
“I still think that’s a bit cloudy because the reality is, if we were playing a team that are from - what people might believe- to be a league that doesn’t have the experience, then we don’t know until we’ve played those, we only ever play those teams in friendlies sports
“If you really want the real quality from all of the European leagues to rise, then you’ve got to play them against each other, which I think now other teams are ready for sports
“If you enter that stage and are getting through, then congratulations sports
We’re not there so we can talk about what that looks like, but they are there so congratulations to everyone who’s gone through sports
”Chelsea are now the only WSL team left in the competition, and Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall believes that English teams need to improve sports
He told a press conference: “We’re number four in Europe [in UEFA’s coefficient rankings] sports
We can’t say that’s anyone else’s problem except our own sports
We need to improve, English teams have not done well enough in Europe sports
“The Conti Cup group that Manchester United are in now might be tougher than some Women’s Champions League groups sports
But [UEFA] need to grow all of women’s sports football in Europe - that’s really important sports
They can’t only take [WSL] opinions into account sports
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