“These two have battled many times over the course of three centuries.”

ALL THE necessary ingredients are in place. Take your early-summer eyesore of a championship opener, season well with the usual hypocrisy about foul play, some hand-wringing by officialdom, and roast the whole thing down with the usual backlash against the media.

Scott McDonald is determined to show how far Celtic have progressed during their Champions League campaign when they face Shakhtar Donetsk at Parkhead tonight.