Rangers legend Ally McCoist has pointed to Celtic's grim away record in the Champions League as the brutal reality of their Euro tribulations were laid bare.
Brendan Rodgers' side were defeated 2-0 by Feyenoord on matchday one when Joe Hart was flummoxed by a free-kick and Gustaf Lagerbielke and Odin Holm were given their marching orders on a raucous Rotterdam evening inside De Kuip.
And the harsh truth came with an extra slap in the chops as the Premiership champions now boast the lowest win rate in competition history for sides who have played a minimum of 50 games.
Celtic have now lost 43 of their 73 fixtures and that leaves them with a record of defeats in 58.9 per cent of their fixtures in the Champions League – a higher rate than any of their peers.
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