Miller inspires Celtic to win

Celtic 3 Anderlecht 1

Liam Miller inspired another scintillating European night for Martin O’Neill’s men as they revived their Champions League campaign with a crushing defeat of Anderlecht.

Having been beaten by the 10 men of Anderlecht in Brussels last month, manager O’Neill admitted that they would need to win to stop them looking to the UEFA Cup.

But first-half goals from the Glasgow giants saw Henrik Larsson, Miller and Chris Sutton hit the net to put them back in the hunt for the knock-out stages and deny the hopes of the Belgian side, who grabbed a consolation from Dindane Aruna.

Miller was given a standing ovation as he left the field with an injury in the 75th minute to be replaced by Gray.

But Aruna won his side a consolation a minute later when he appeared to go down late following a clumsy challenge from Balde.

Hedman first saved Ivica Mornar’s penalty and then kept out his rebound but he could not stop Aruna’s next effort from close range.