Brendan Rodgers has joked Celtic "got the easier one" as he reacted to the Champions League knockout play-off round draw.
The Parkhead side will face Bayern Munich in the next round after qualifying from the league phase of the tournament.
Celtic could have faced Real Madrid but were drawn against the Bundesliga giants instead with Manchester City dealt a trip to the Bernabeu.
Delivering a one-liner when asked about the draw, Rodgers said: "Yeah, got the easier one, didn't we? Listen, it's brilliant.
"We've earned to get to the pay-off stage, the players have been outstanding over the eight games and that qualifies us to play one of these top teams.
"We look forward to that when it comes."
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The Celtic boss added: "I think that has been the beauty of the competition. There are pros and cons to that but as I see it, it was so dynamic.
"People will say 'if you had one point more or less you could have done this...' but it was so fluid and dynamic right to the very end.
"But the ultimate objective was to qualify and then wherever that is you are still going to play a really good team.
"We are really excited by that opportunity and we will give everything we can over the course of the two legs."
