Mowbray upbeat despite Celtic exit

CELTIC manager Tony Mowbray urged his side to build on the positives of their 2-0 Europa League victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv in Glasgow last night despite it not being enough to keep them in the competition.

Celtic’s Europa League hopes ended after Hamburg’s 2-0 win over Rapid Vienna in the other Group C fixture took them top with 10 points, one more than Hapoel.

Greece striker Georgios Samaras gave Celtic the lead midway through the first half, as he had when the two sides met in the first section game in Israel in September which Hapoel Tel Aviv ended up winning 2-1.