It's been nearly 4 years since Celtic picked up a point away from home in the Champions League (a draw against Barcelona in November 2004), and they'll have a wait still longer after the 1-0 defeat to Villareal on Tuesday night.
It's fair to say that the reaction across Scotland has been less than sympathetic. Of course the Huns are even more envious of their sister's success this season after being dumped out of Europe at the first hurdle.
For the rest of the SPL, angry at what they see as continued bias towards the Old Firm who always seem to get the decisions during matches, there was amusement to be had that Celtic were undone by a free kick that was very softly awarded to their opponents. Certain Celtic players - stand up Aiden McGeady and Shunsuke Nakamura, please stand up - are hardly shy about going to ground under the lightest of challenges.
Villareal were better overall, but Celtic played a decently, if not lethally. It may, however, already be too late to salvage this Champions League campaign.
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