In the build up to last night's re-arranged Champions League fixture against AC Milan, Gordon Strachan insisted that Celtic were not going to the San Siro merely seeking the point that would see them through to the knock-out stages, but were looking to win the game and top the group.
You'd have thought he might have learned by now.
Celtic's home record in the Champions League under Strachan is impeccable - played six, won six. Yet in 16 away ties in the competition, stretching back before the current manager's reign, they have only a draw against Barcelona three years ago to interrupt the string of defeats. In Europe, Celtic do not travel well.
The supporters won't care too much today, of course. Shaktar Donesk's home defeat against Benfica means that Celtic join AC Milan in the knock-out stages. But if this team is to take the step up to the next level, their atrocious away record really needs to be sorted. Talking themselves up in press conferences is not the answer.
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