Celtic v RB Leipzig press conference

Mark Atkinson previews Celtic’s Champions League match with RB Leipzig.

Transcript

00:00Good evening from outside Celtic Park. It's match day minus one before Celtic take on

00:08RB Leipzig in the Champions League, their fourth game of this revamped elite European

00:14competition and a big, big match for both teams here tomorrow night. Celtic sitting

00:18on four points, pretty good position. Leipzig on zero, which is not where the Germans want

00:24to be. Marco Rosa, their manager, just holding his press conferences now and he was already

00:29stressing the importance of getting their campaign up and running here at Celtic Park.

00:35Celtic know that anything from this match would probably come as a bonus given how strong

00:41RB Leipzig are. They are second in the Bundesliga and despite their woes on the continent have

00:47been very impressive in Germany. This will be a stern test of Celtic's credentials. However,

00:54Celtic know that they have a really good base to build upon. Four points from their opening

00:59three matches, including a really impressive goalless draw away at Atalanta last time out.

01:05Brendan Rodgers spoke about how that's given his team renewed confidence. He also said

01:10though that a repeat performance will be required to get a result against Leipzig, given how

01:16strong they are. Arne Engels was the Celtic player who spoke to the media. He knows a

01:21few of the Leipzig players from their links with the Belgian national team, including

01:25free-scoring striker Luis Openda. He knows how challenging they will be as well and of

01:30course he played against Leipzig last season as an Augsburg player when he lost on both

01:34occasions. Celtic know that Leipzig will almost certainly be a significant test in comparison

01:42to Slovakia and Bratislava, the last team that came here on Champions League Tuesday.

01:45Celtic won that game 5-1. But you have to think that with games against Club Brugge,

01:50Dynamo Zagreb and young boys still to come, Celtic can fancy their chances and have

01:55a slight element of free hit about their appearance here against Leipzig. It should

02:00be a tremendously exciting evening when the two teams do battle here on bonfire night.

02:06I'll end with a message from Brendan Rodgers about pyrotechnics from his supporters for

02:12ban looming if they do any more on the continental stage. He said to basically leave the fireworks

02:17to the players on the pitch. Should be a cracking night tomorrow night between Celtic and Leipzig.