Celtic's Daizen Maeda, centre, controls the ball while Kairat's Aleksandr Martynovich, left, and Yerkin Tapalov chase him.placeholder image
Celtic's Daizen Maeda, centre, controls the ball while Kairat's Aleksandr Martynovich, left, and Yerkin Tapalov chase him. | AP

Celtic player ratings after horror night in Kazakhstan: One 7/10, soldier, fitting fall guy and plenty 3s

Marks out of ten for the Celtic players involved in their dramatic Champions League play-off second leg in Kazakhstan

Celtic are out of the Champions League after lost their play-off round tie against Kairat Almaty on penalties.

Brendan Rodgers’ men travelled 3500 miles east to Asia following a goalless first leg in Glasgow knowing that the pressure was on to defeat their Kazakh foes.

However, they were unable to break down stubborn opponents in Almaty and after another goalless draw, they were forced to endure a penalty shoot-out.

And just like in the Scottish Cup final back in May, Celtic came up short. Adam Idah, Luke McCowan and Daizen Maeda missed from the spot and they crashed into the Europa League.

We give each player a mark out of ten for their performances in Kazakhstan.

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