CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan claimed his side can come back stronger in Europe after they finished off their Champions League campaign with an encouraging 2-0 win over Villarreal at Parkhead last night.

Celtic 2 Villarreal 0

TOTTENHAM edged towards the last 16 of the UEFA Cup with victory over Slavia Prague but Radek Cerny handed his former club a lifeline with a second-half blunder in the first-leg clash.

BLACKBURN ROVERS crashed out of the UEFA Cup in the first round after giving themselves too much to do at Ewood Park.