Celtic take giant step towards Paradise

Celtic 5 Hapoel Be’er Sheva 2: Celtic’s Champions League dream moved closer to reality with a 5-2 win over Hapoel Be’er Sheva at Parkhead but not before the home fans suffered a brief nightmare.

The play-off tie looked dead and buried in the Hoops’ favour at the interval when Leigh Griffiths struck with a header and brilliant free-kick after attacking midfielder Tom Rogic opened the scoring.

However, two goals in two minutes after the break from Brazilian striker Lucio Maranhao and skipper Maor Melikson had the Israeli side back in the game and the Celtic supporters in mild panic.