Celtic bottom after defeat to Shaktar

Shakhtar Donetsk 3 Celtic 0

Celtic bottom after defeat to Shaktar
Wed, 20 Oct, 2004 - 23:07

Shakhtar Donetsk 3 Celtic 0

It was another hard luck story for Martin O’Neill’s demoralised Scottish champions in the Ukraine tonight as an emphatic Francelino Matuzalem double and exquisite Brandao chip in the second half left their European dreams in tatters.

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