Brendan Rodgers has insisted “anything is possible” as Celtic aim to get past Bayern Munich in tomorrow night’s Champions League play-off second leg.
The two sides will meet at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday, with the Bundesliga giants firm favourites to progress to the last 16 after securing a 2-1 victory at Celtic Park last week.
Goals from Michael Olise and Harry Kane fired the visitors ahead in Glasgow, before Daizen Maeda’s late strike gave Celtic a lifeline heading into tomorrow’s second leg.
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“Obviously we won't be the favourites for the tie, but everything is possible,” said the Celtic boss.
“I think the goal that we scored brings a different view of the game totally. Coming in at 2-1, 2-0 is quite a big difference.
“But we know that over the two legs, we'd have to play really well to come through.”
Rodgers encouraged his players to play without fear and insists they will give “absolutely everything” to overturn last week’s defeat and reach the last 16.
“We want to ensure that when we come in after the game, if we don't go through we want to make sure we have given it absolutely everything," he said.
“I’m so glad to have this group of players that have a great mentality and an incredible professionalism.
“If they can go and show that and then we know that we're in with the chance and as long as you can come in and just say, listen, we were beaten by the better team. The regret is always if you don't, then you just turn up too late for the game.
“So, there's no second chance after tomorrow night. We've got the one opportunity, we've got to be clever, we've got to be bright, we've got to be brave in the game.
"And if we can do that, we've shown, and history's shown in sport that, as I said, anything can happen, so that's what we focus on.”
