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Brendan Rodgers warned 'kind' Champions League group ramps up Celtic pressure in 'mostly winnable' games
Chris Sutton has warned Brendan Rodgers that Celtic have landed a "kind" Champions League early phase which heaps pressure on him to qualify.
The Hoops were handed "mostly winnable games", says Sutton, with the likes of Young Boys, Slovan Bratislava and Club Brugge taking on Rodgers' side as well as some big guns. Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig make up the pot one clubs which the ex-Celtic star believes was also a beneficial draw for the Glasgow giants.
That's why Sutton is adamant Rodgers must find success in the competition because it's never been as favourable for the club. And they need to put right their poor record in the competition.
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"Looking at the draw this year, with a new competition format, I think it has been kind to Celtic but, in many ways, that just magnifies the pressure because the expectation amongst the fan base will be higher," Sutton told casinoapps.com. "They will want to see an improvement in their team in Europe, and these fixtures represent a real opportunity for Celtic to deliver that.
"The first match is against Slovan Bratislava at home. They just lost their last game in the Slovakian League 0-5 - the expectation on Celtic to beat them will be absolutely huge. I’m reading that several thinktank’s have crunched the numbers and eight points will be enough to get into the play-off positions, obviously, time will tell on that.
"Celtic have some games that everyone will be expecting them to take points from, winnable games against Young Boys, Brugges and Dinamo Zagreb. Those are matches where the fans will be expecting something from; they will expect their team to compete in the Champions League with the fixtures they’ve been given.
"I know they've got Dortmund and Leipzig, but Celtic have beaten Leipzig in the recent past and played pretty well against them. Then there's Aston Villa, which is a mouth-watering tie. That's the last game, which is a bit of a shame because there might not be anything on it.
"Celtic can’t be complacent. They have a poor record in Europe that they need to put right. It’s a different type of pressure that they will be facing, because, without being disrespectful to the teams they’re facing, there isn’t a fixture against Real Madrid, Manchester City or Arsenal in there. On the whole, they have mostly winnable games.
"Dortmund's a tricky one, Atalanta won the Europa League. There are enough fixtures that Brendan Rodgers and the Celtic players will have been relatively happy with. There aren't some of the glamour ties, but there are ties where you think, ‘what a chance’."
