Brendan Rodgers insists Celtic are ready for the challenge of taking on the mighty Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the Champions League knockout phase playoff.

Brendan Rodgers is relishing the prospect of leading Celtic into a Champions League play-off tie against European giants Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. Celtic will take on either the defending champions or the German giants in the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League after Wednesday night's 4-2 loss away to Aston Villa in their final Champions League first phase match.

Brendan Rodgers said was proud of Celtic's performance at Villa Park even though a 4-2 defeat condemned them to a play-off tie against one of the giants of European football.

Morgan Rogers hit a hat-trick and Ollie Watkins showed exactly why Arsenal want to sign him as Aston Villa went through to the last 16 of the Champions League after a thrilling win over Celtic.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is hoping a deal can be agreed with Arsenal to expedite Kieran Tierney's return to Glasgow before the end of the transfer window.The Scotland international is set to return to Celtic,

Tierney came through the youth ranks at Celtic and won four Scottish Premiership titles, before joining the Gunners in 2019

One of Brendan Rodgers’ objectives on returning to Paradise was to see improvement on the European stage for Celtic. And his team has continued to grow at that level, witnessed by this season’s

Celtic travel to Villa Park safe in the knowledge of progression to the knock-out round after beating Young Boys in their penultimate league phase game.

Listen to Sportsound and follow live text updates of Celtic's final league phase fixture in the Champions League against Aston Villa.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is confident his side can "make it difficult" for either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid in the Champions League play-off round, but admits it will be a "huge challenge".

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has spoke of his pride at "playing our part in a really good game". "It was a brilliant game to be involved in. The word that strikes me at the moment is pride.