Celtic BSC Young Boys Live Champions League: Football Scores ...

CELTIC LEAVE IT LATE BUT SECURE KNOCKOUT SPOT

A late own goal from Loris Benito secured victory for Celtic over Young Boys and a place in the UEFA Champions League knockout stage.

Going into the match in the 23rd of 24 qualifying spots, with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain behind them, Brendan Rodgers' side knew they had to secure victory over the winless bottom-side at Celtic Park.

Victory should have been secured in the first half, but all three times they had the ball in the net, the efforts were disallowed each time, with one of Kyogo Furuhashi's phantom goals disallowed by VAR, and then the usually reliable Arne Engels saw his tame penalty saved by Marvin Keller.

With seven stops to his name, the visiting keeper looked to be the hero of the night, but in the second half Kasper Schmeichel was called upon to make a fine double save from Darian Males to keep parity before the late drama.

Reo Hatate played a fantastic ball around the Swiss side's defence, and after substitute Adam Idah saw his effort blocked by Keller, the ball ricocheted off the luckless Benito and into the net.

The win lifts Celtic to 18th spot and their points tally to 12 points, four clear of 25th-placed Manchester City and, lying just a point behind the top eight, they still have an outside chance of securing a bye if they can win at Aston Villa next Wednesday.