Celtic throw away four-goal aggregate lead to crash out of Champions League against Lask
Celtic threw away a four-goal lead in Austria as they missed out on the Champions League for the second year running. The Scottish champions looked to be cruising into the league stage when Callum McGregor put them 4-0 up on aggregate against Lask with a 21st-minute deflected strike. However, they went on to endure one of their all-time European lows with a 5-1 defeat in Linz delivering a £20m-plus blow. Continue rea
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- 25 Aug 2026, 23:57 UTC
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Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 25 Aug 2026, 21:40 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- PA Media
- Section
- Champions League
Celtic threw away a four-goal lead in Austria as they missed out on the Champions League for the second year running. The Scottish champions looked to be cruising into the league stage when Callum McGregor put them 4-0 up on aggregate against Lask with a 21st-minute deflected strike. However, they went on to endure one of their all-time European lows with a 5-1 defeat in Linz delivering a £20m-plus blow. Continue rea
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Celtic throw away four-goal aggregate lead to crash out of Champions League against Lask
Celtic threw away a four-goal lead in Austria as they missed out on the Champions League for the second year running. The Scottish champions looked to be cruising into the league stage when Callum McGregor put them 4-0 up on aggregate against Lask with a 21st-minute deflected strike. However, they went on to endure one of their all-time European lows with a 5-1 defeat in Linz delivering a £20m-plus blow. Continue rea
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- machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
- publisher category Celtic rss-category
- publisher category Champions League rss-category
- publisher category Football rss-category
- publisher category Lask rss-category
- publisher category Sport rss-category
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- #2556
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- 25 Aug 2026, 23:57 UTC
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- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt