Bayern Munich edged the Champions League first leg of their play-off tie with Celtic, leading Brendan Rogers to urge his side to leave the return fixture with "no regrets". (More Football News)
Michael Olise fired home a sumptuous opener on the stroke of half-time before Harry Kane doubled the lead for Vincent Komꦜpany's visitors in the second hal𝓡f.
However, Daizen Maeda managed to pull one back for the hosts at Celtic Park with 11 minutes remaiꦛning, offering Rodgers' me🃏n hope before the second leg in Munich on Tuesday.
The Celtic manager was pleased with the way his team ended Wednesday's clash and called on them to not leave anything to the imagination in Munich🍃.
"The last 25 minutes, we started to press the game, we were more active at the top end of the pitch, and you see what it brought - aggression," Rodgers told TNT ꦓSports.
"Our fo꧟o𒆙tball starts to come alive, and then we get the goal.
"Atꦓ 2-1, Bayern Munich are hanging on. That's what we can take from it. We've got one more shot. It's a new level for a lot of the players, they'v▨e done absolutely great.
"Let's go and have no regrets and see where it takes us. We've shown we can play footbal🍎🌃l and be a threat.
"We're still right in t🔴he tie. With their quality and the number of goals they can score, sometimes these can be out of sight, but that wasn't the case at all."
Kane's finish from Joshua Kimmich's corner proved to be the difference, as the striker scored for the 19th timeꦫ against Kasper Schmeichel, five more than he has managed against any other goalkeeper.
The Bayern forward also moved onto 46 Champions League goal involvemenꦦts, with only David Beckham (52)꧃ and Wayne Rooney (47) ever managing more among English players in the competition.
Kane acknowledged the Celtic Park atmosphere would always pose a difficult challenge, though lauded Bayern's "special" qua✤lity t🌼hat helped them navigate a boisterous home support.
"[Our performan🔯ce] was okay. Whenever you win a game like this, you're always pleased because it's not♎ an easy place to come," the England captain told TNT Sports.
"There were definitely areas in the game in🅷 which we could have done better, and we'll ne𝓀ed to improve for next week, but overall we scored at the right times.
"They put 🍒us under pressure at the end, and we had to stay strong, which ꧋we did.
"We knew the atmosphere would help them at the start of the game, and they nearly scored after a minute. We had to be patient, we knew we'd have more of the🦩 ball.
"Sometimes you need a bit of spec🥀ial quality to open a game like 𒉰this up."
