Celtic achieve astonishing first in their entire history with Champions League victory over Slovan Bratislava
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Celtic have won their first Champions League opening match in club history after easing to a 5-1 victory over Slovan Bratislava.
The Hoops were a class above their Slovakian opponents at Celtic Park on Wednesday night to go second in the revamped European Cup league standings.
Brendan Rodgers’ men went into the break 1-0 up courtesy of Liam Scales’ 17th minute strike, before turning up the heat in the second half.
Kyogo Furuhashi and Arne Engels made it 3-0 before the hour mark, with former Tottenham defender Kevin Wimmer then pulling a goal back for the visitors.
But Celtic weren’t to succumb to a dramatic comeback, with forwards Daizen Maeda and Adam Idah making it a dream evening for the Scottish giants.
Incredibly, their victory was the first time in their history that they have won their opening Champions League game on what was their 13th attempt.
Prior to their win over Bratislava, they had lost ten of their opening fixtures, while drawing on two occasions.
And in another astonishing statistic, they hadn’t scored in their first Champions League match since the 2006/07 campaign.
That came against Manchester United, where they lost 3-2 at Old Trafford 18 years ago.
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