When Mika Baur scored early in the second half against Celta Vigo, so much in Celtic's garden was rosy. The team had an intensity now that they didn't have before. They had a Liam Scales header hopping off the top of the crossbar.
The La Liga visitors were under the pump. It was easy to conclude in those naively optimistic moments that Celta Vigo were all passing and no penetration. They passed it to death and got pretty much nowhere.
More than 350 passes in the opening half and one attempt on target. The question that Celtic fans will be asking now, some with pitchforks in hand, is what the hell happened in the last half-an-hour of this game. Particularly, what happened from minutes 68 to 71.
From three points to no points. From building on the hiding dished out to Hearts to another loss and getting shunted back to bitterness and rancour. Celtic suffer third Europa League defeat in row after Celta Vigo turnaround O'Neill bemoans marginal moments but are Celtic just not good enough?
Latest Celtic news, analysis and fan views Celtic stopped playing and stopped believing. They were hit with a bit of adversity and they were bowled over by it. Knocked to the ground, never to rise up again.
They'll complain - as they already have - about a foul on Camilo Duran that wasn't picked up just before the equaliser, but there is no talking to the errors they made thereafter. The inability to deal with a free-kick, the failure to pick up the goalscorer in the first instance and then multiple calamities in the concession of the second goal. How many chances does one side need to get a ball away to safety?
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