THREE weeks earlier in Dortmund, they’d been a collection of individual players all having their own personal rotten night. This time, Celtic were a team. 5 Celtic playuers hail their fans after holding Atalanta to a scoreless draw in Bergamo Credit: Kenny Ramsay 5 The Hoops were all smiles after a point at the home of the Serie A stars Credit: Getty 5 Boss Brendan Rodgers gave the fans a thumbs up - but the boss got it right on the night Credit: Kenny Ramsay 5 Bill Leckie has seen his fair share of away Euro drubbings - this wasn't one of them Credit: John Kirkby - The Sun Glasgow Back then, they’d made it easy for the Germans to run riot.
Two or three sharp passes and were wider open than a jakey’s flies. Now? Boy, did they make these classy Italians scrap for every inch of space on their own rain-soaked pitch. What had disintegrated last time out into 11 guys looking out for themselves as it all went horribly wrong now held together like superglue as the Scottish champions fought like hell for each other.
It was a siege at times, no question. But it was a siege where they knew how to defend their castle , where they pulled up the drawbridge and repelled all boarders. Read more Celtic stories MAN-BYS Celtic player ratings v Atalanta: How heroic Hoops made their point on Italian job ATALANTA 0 CELTIC 0 Brendan Rodgers' men fought like lions to claw out a massive result That’s all anyone asks of any team who’ve taken the kind of pounding Celtic did in Dortmund – t.