It was a contrasting night for Rangers and Celtic in Europe - and not only because of the competitions they were competing in.
While the Hoops went down in the first leg of their play-off in the inaugural Europa Conference League, their rivals were celebrating one of their greatest ever results on the continent in the Europa League.
But it’s been a familiar story when it comes to the knockout stage as far as the Old Firm are concerned for almost two decades now.
Incredibly, Celtic have won just ONE leg out of SEVENTEEN played in the last 18 years since they eliminated Barcelona after a 1-0 victory at Parkhead in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup.
Martin O’Neill’s men drew at home with Villarreal in the next round and lost in Spain in the return and those two matches started a miserable run.
That was the first of eight knockout ties since then and they have failed to progress in any - with a 1-0 first leg win over Zenit St Petersburg under Brendan Rodgers the only victory.
Ange Postecoglou will still be hoping to end that sequence as they travel to Norway next week looking to overturn a 3-1 first leg deficit against Bodo/Glimt, helped by the elimination of the away goals rule.
Rangers welcome Borussia Dortmund to Ibrox on the same night with a 4-2 advantage after their unbelievable victory in the Westfalenstadion.
It was the Light Blues 16th win in their 50th game against German opposition and their eighth knockout leg win in the same period since Celtic’s run started.
And that was the despite the Light Blues being absent from Europe for a six year period as they climbed back through the leagues.
Here, Record Sport Online looks at the record of both clubs in the knockout rounds since Celtic eliminated Barcelona.
Celtic
2003/04
UEFA Cup quarter final:
Celtic 1 Villarreal 1
Villarreal 2 Celtic 0
2006/07
Champions League last 16:
Celtic 0 AC Milan 0
AC Milan 1 Celtic 0 (AET)
2007/08
Champions League last 16:
Celtic 2 Barcelona 3
Barcelona 1 Celtic 0
2012/13
Champions League last 16:
Celtic 0 Juventus 3
Juventus 2 Celtic 0
2014/15
Europa League last 32:
Celtic 3 Inter Milan 3
Inter Milan 1 Celtic 0
2017/18
Europa League last 32:
Celtic 1 Zenit St Petersburg 0
Zenit St Petersburg 3 Celtic 0
2018/19
Europa League last 32:
Celtic 0 Valencia 2
Valencia 1 Celtic 0
2019/20
Europa League last 32:
Copenhagen 1 Celtic 1
Celtic 1 Copenhagen 3
2021/22
Europa Conference League last 16 play off:
Celtic 1 Bodo/Glimt 3
Rangers
2005/06
Champions League last 16:
Rangers 2 Villarreal 2
Villarreal 1 Rangers 1
2006/07
UEFA Cup last 32:
Rangers 4 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 Rangers 1
UEFA Cup last 16:
Rangers 1 Osasuna 1
Osasuna 1 Rangers 0
2007/08
UEFA Cup last 32:
Rangers 0 Panathinaikos 0
Panathinaikos 1 Rangers 1
UEFA Cup last 16:
Rangers 2 Werder Bremen 0
Werder Bremen 1 Rangers 0
UEFA Cup quarter final:
Rangers 0 Sporting 0
Sporting 0 Rangers 2
UEFA Cup semi final:
Rangers 0 Fiorentina 0
Fiorentina 0 Rangers 0
UEFA Cup final:
Zenit St Petersburg 2 Rangers 0
2010/11
UEFA Cup last 32:
Rangers 1 Sporting 1
Sporting 2 Rangers 2
UEFA Cup last 16:
PSV Eindhoven 0 Rangers 0
Rangers 0 PSV Eindhoven 1
2019/20
Europa League last 32:
Rangers 3 Braga 2
Braga 0 Rangers 1
Europa League last 16:
Rangers 1 Bayer Leverkusen 3
Bayer Leverkusen 1 Rangers 0
2020/21
Europa League last 32:
Antwerp 2 Rangers 5
Rangers 4 Antwerp 3
Europa League last 16:
Slavia Prague 1 Rangers 1
Rangers 0 Slavia Prague 2
2021/22
Europa League last-16 play-off:
Borussia Dortmund 2 Rangers 4
