Celtic throw away four-goal aggregate lead to crash out of Champions League against Lask

BREAKING: Celtic throw away a four-goal aggregate lead to crash out of the Champions League against Lask, losing 5-1 in Austria and missing out on the league stage for the second year running.

Celtic blew a four-goal lead and crashed out of the Champions League. Four nil up on aggregate after twenty one minutes, Callum McGregor's deflected strike doing the job, and then it all fell apart in Linz. Moses Usor pounced on a loose pass, Ljubicic and Adeniran scored from outside the box, Flecker's stoppage-time header forced extra time, and Adeniran, you can see him here, delivered the knockout. Five one on the night.

That's two years running Celtic have missed the league stage, and this one costs more than twenty million pounds. Fans will point straight at the Arne Engels sale days before the first leg, because the midfield simply vanished after half time. Martin O'Neill's side drop into the Europa League instead.

Two seasons, two playoff exits, this time from four goals up. That's not bad luck anymore, that's a pattern.

This is Sara White, reporting for HIT.