Thursday 15 September 2016 17:58, UK
Former Celtic midfielder Roy Keane thinks the club need to change their mindset with regard to European competition.
The Scottish champions narrowly defeated Israel's Hapoel Be'er Sheva 5-4 on aggregate to secure a place in the group stages of Europe's elite club competition.
Brendan Rodgers' side were then handed a difficult group including Barcelona, Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach, and suffered a 7-0 defeat by Barca at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night.
Rodgers said afterwards that "there can be no embarrassment" at losing so heavily to such a powerful side, but Keane does not think that is the line to take.
He told ITV: "I know it's difficult after a game, and if you have an off night in Barcelona you are in big trouble.
"But, on one hand we are being told that Celtic are a great club, great traditions, great history, and they go and lose 7-0 to Barcelona and people almost say, 'Well these things happen, it's acceptable'.
"He spoke about the game the previous week against Rangers. They won 5-1 against one of the worst Rangers teams I have seen in a long time, who finished with 10 men for the last 15-20 minutes. So that idea they were tired as well.
"All I hear sometimes when people talk about Celtic is about winning the league, but I think they need to do a lot better in Europe. It's easier said than done of course and this time round it's obviously difficult with the group they are in.
"But, even in the qualifying games, they were poor. They scraped through and didn't win any of their away games.
"I think the whole mindset has to change and don't accept, particularly away from home, being the whipping boys of Europe."
Keane, who is currently the Republic of Ireland assistant manager, also suggested that Cetic's jubilation following victory over Hapoel Be'er Sheva was excessive.
"Even when they qualified for this group, the celebrations were way over the top," he said. "They scraped through and I thought they'd actually won the competition.
"People were hugging each other - the manager, the coaches, the players. They should be expecting to do well in this group.
"Throughout the last number of years when they have been involved in Europe they have struggled, and lesser teams than Celtic have done well in Europe.
"A lot of these players for Celtic are international players. It's not Altrincham, it's Celtic. They've got to do much better."
