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Josh McCafferty

'We can hurt Bayern': Rodgers insists Celtic will compete in knockout tie

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has no doubts that his team can hurt Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

It comes after the Parkhead side romped to a dominant 5-0 win over Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup last night, with goals coming from Daizen Maeda, Luke McCowan, and Yang Hyun-jun.

All attention for Celtic now turns to Wednesday's mammoth tie and the visit of the German giants to Glasgow's east end.

Despite the riches and class of Bayern, Rodgers reckons his side have a fighting chance of taking something from the game: "I don’t have any doubt that we can hurt Bayern," he said.


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"We’ve got goals in us, we’ve shown that at all levels.

“We can score goals. They’ve obviously got threats but it’s the knock-out stages of the Champions League.

“Every team has big quality and I’ve been up against some of these teams, so I know how they play.

“Vincent Kompany will have played against my teams at Swansea, Leicester and Liverpool so he’ll know how my teams work. It’s going to be a fantastic game and I’ll look forward to it. It’s my job to convince the players that we can get a positive result."

With the first leg at home, Celtic really need to take a positive result over to Germany to give themselves an opportunity to progress.

Last time out in the Champions League, they defeated BSC Young Boys 1-0, with Loris Benito's late own goal proving the difference between the sides.

Rodgers' side have lost just one home European game out of seven since his return to Glasgow's east end, a record he will be keen not to dent on Wednesday.

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