It’s a return to the Champions League for Celtic on Tuesday night as they travel to play Borussia Dortmund at the iconic Signal Iduna Park.
After punishing Slovan Bratislava with a 5-1 scoreline on matchday one, there’s genuine excitement about what the Bhoys can produce despite the big step up in the quality of their opponent.
Everyone knows that Dortmund will be by far the most difficult test of Celtic’s season so far. Nine wins from nine is impressive form but Brendan Rodgers’ side are playing away to last term’s Champions League finalists.
Rodgers doesn’t appear to care about reputation. He isn’t afraid to take his team to Germany and have a real go. In fact, he’s vowed to try to impose their attacking game in the same manner as recent matches.
The Celtic boss thinks his side can cause Dortmund problems, score goals, and thrill away supporters.
Brendan Rodgers talks up Celtic ability to compete with Dortmund
He said in a press conference after beating St Johnstone: “We’re in a really good way. The performance level is something that I always concentrate on, and obviously, the consequence of that would be results. But I look at the rhythm in the team, I look at the speed in the team, I look at the hunger in the team.
“Listen, we’re going to play a top team on their home patch, but I’m really excited to see how we can play against them. They’re a very good side. They’ve got really good players.
“We can go there and look to impose our style in the game. I always say, in every game we play, as long as we try, we press, we attack, and we fight, let’s see where it takes us.
Celtic have weapons that can ‘really hurt’ Dortmund
Celtic have already scored a superb 33 goals in all competitions this season. Also in electric form during the pre-season period, cutting opens teams hasn’t been an issue.
Rodgers reckons they can show off that attacking prowess again, despite understanding exactly how good the Germans are.
The Bhoys boss continued: “I think we can create chances, you know, and we can score goals. And that’ll be our idea going into the game.
“The physicality and the running power that we have. You know you’re going to be in moments of stress when you’re away, but you can see our mentality and how we defend, how compact we are and how tight we are.
“Then when you break out of that, you’ve got speed in your front line that can really, really hurt. But we’re under no illusions. It’s going to be a brilliant occasion for us to really go and test ourselves against a top team, with top players. I can’t wait for it now.
