At 11 v 11 Celtic knew they’d be in for a challenging night in Madrid.
However, once Daizen Maeda saw red, the task became almost impossible.
The loss of six goals is a humbling experience for any group of players and Brendan Rodgers – who’ll be experiencing his own frustrations – must now pick his squad back up for another important league game this weekend.
Looking at the bigger picture this felt like the night where our lack of summer investment finally came back to bite us and the board themselves have some questions to answer in terms of what the overall ambition for the club is at this moment in time.
Tino & James were in Madrid for this one and to bring you all the key talking points in this latest episode of The Final Whistle Show.
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