Celtic’s Champions League hopes dented by defeat in Leipzig

Celtic now face an uphill battle to qualify for the knockout stages

RB Leipzig’s Christopher Nkunku scores the opening goal (Jan Woitas/DPA via PA Wire)

Celtic face an uphill battle to qualify for the knockout stages after a 3-1 Champions League defeat against RB Leipzig.

Christopher Nkunku opened the scoring from a 27th-minute counter-attack after Celtic lost the ball following a short corner and, with captain Callum McGregor off injured, the visitors could not build on Jota’s equaliser.