Celtic took a huge step towards a return to the Champions League with stunning goals from Benjamin Nygren and Camilo Duran. After crashing out in the play-off round 12 months ago, it was almost a nightmare start when Moses Usor fired into the Celtic’s net just seconds after kick-off. But the Hoops were saved by the offside flag.
They survived another scare before Nygren set the Hoops on their way, when he curled Kieran Tierney’s ball into the top corner.
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Benjamin Nygren opened the scoring against LASK
Samuel Adeniran also denied by the offside flag before Duran smashed Tierney’s cross into the net for his first Parkhead goal.It was an impressive strike, but there was better to come from the Colombian striker as he sidefooted into the far corner after a one-two with the club’s other big summer arrival, Kasper Hogh.
The pair, who scored 10 Champions League goals between them last season, proving their worth in green and white early in the season.
Three up, but far from over. The Austrian champions carried plenty of threat as they try to reach Europe’s top-tier competition for the first time.
The sides meet again in Linz on Tuesday. Can Martin O’Neill’s side finish the job?The key moments from Celtic Park1: LASK SCORE EARLY BUT IT’S DISALLOWED! Usor fires into the top right corner, but the celebrations are cut short by the offside flag.3: ANOTHER BIG CHANCE! Adeniran gets away from Carter-Vickers, races through on goal, but drags his shot wide.9: FIRST CHANCE FOR CELTIC! Duran turns and hits it first time, but Jungwirth gets down to make the stop.27: GOAL CELTIC! Tierney’s ball falls into the path of Nygren, who curls his first-time effort into the top right corner.35: LASK SCORE BUT IT’S DISALLOWED AGAIN! Adeniran heads into the bottom corner, but he’s offside.38: GOAL CELTIC! LASK clear Tierney’s cross, but it falls to Duran outside the area and he smashes it into the net.51: SAVE! Baur’s ambitious volley from outside the area is straight at Jungwirth.56: OFF THE POST! McGregor shoots from range and it takes a deflection off Hogh before hitting the woodwork.62: BIG SAVE! Usor is denied by Sinisalo from point-blank range! Another chance squandered by LASK.67: GOAL CELTIC! Another stunner! A sweeping counterattack ends with Duran combining with Nygren before guiding the ball into the net.76: SAVE! Adeniran…
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