Celtic look absolutely knackered out there now and they can barely muster the energy to pump the ball into the box never mind anything too creative. It looks like we are going to witness a 1-1 draw here!
90'
Three minutes of added time have been allocated by the referee here and it looks like we are going to witness attack versus defence for the remaining moments with Celtic striving for this winning goal. The Hoops need to watch out for the counter-attack, though, particularly through Raffael and Hahn!
88'
C. Kramer gets yellow.
A yellow card for Kramer now and he is arguably lucky to stay on the pitch after rising a foot straight into the midrift of Brown in the middle of the park. A terrible challenge, really.
87'
AN ABSOLUTE SITTER FROM MCGREGOR! A fabulous bit of hold-up play from Dembele sees the substitute played through on goal at a tight angle on the left, but with the goal at his mercy the Scotland international drags a poor attempt wide of the right-hand post. That was the chance! That was it!
85'
L. Henderson enters the game and replaces C. Gamboa.
Last throw of the dice from Rodgers as he makes his final substitution. Entering the action is Liam Henderson and the Celtic youngster will replace Cristian Gamboa, which will likely mean a change to three at the back for the Hoops. Five minutes to go!
83'
Celtic just need to try and get that one elusive opportunity before the full-time whistle, but this will prove to be difficult with Gladbach now apparently happy to settle for the point after going down to 10 men. They also haven't tested Sommer too much for the duration, so more more creativity and guile required too.
81'
Raffael enters the game and replaces L. Stindl.
Another change from Schubert and the stadium erupts in cheers as Gladbach's talisman, Raffael, makes his return from injury to replace Stindl. The Brazilian certainly has the quality to win this game, but not a lot of time left to do so! Celtic must guard against complacency.
80'
Ten minutes to go now and the dynamics of this game have been drastically altered by that equaliser from Dembele. Not only have Celtic managed to get back on level terms, but they now have the man advantage tooo after Korb's red, so how much attacking ambition do Rodgers and his charges show?
78'
E. Izaguirre gets yellow.
P. Herrmann gets yellow.
Things are getting pretty heated out there now with so much at stake, and Hermann and Izaguirre get into an altercation down the right wing. They are both shown a yellow card as the referee intervenes.
Confirmation of the yellow for Hermann.
77'
T. Jantschke enters the game and replaces T. Strobl.
Andre Schubert reacts quickly to the sending off to Korb and introduces Tony Jantschke in place of Strobl.
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76'
Penalty goal scored by M. Dembélé for Celtic!
GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!! GOOOAAAAALLLL FOR CELTIC! Dembele steps up and confidently dispatches the penalty into the bottom right corner! There was echoes of his penalty miss against Barcelona there, but he kept his head to score! One-one - GAME ON!
75'
J. Korb goes off after a red card!
PENALTY TO CELTIC AND GLADBACH DOWN TO 10 MEN! As Dembele runs in behind the left channel, seemingly preparing himself for a strike on goal, he is hauled to the floor by Korb, who subsequently sees red!!
73'
The speedy Johnson sprints in behind the Celtic defence down the right channel and attempts to latch on to a pass from Stindl. However, Sviatchenko, after initially making the error, recovers really well to sprint make and make the interception on the byline.
71'
Twenty minutes to go in this engaging Champions League encounter and Celtic are running out of time to basically save their European season. Should they not claim anything out of this match, then it is improbable for them to even claim a Europa League place never mind last-16 progression.
69'
C. McGregor enters the game and replaces T. Rogić.
P. Herrmann enters the game and replaces T. Hazard.
First change for Gladbach as Patrick Hermann replaces Hazard.
For Celtic, Tom Rogic makes way for Callum McGregor.
68'
SAAAAAVEEE FROM SOMMER! A sweeping counter-attack from Celtic is lead by Sinclair with a fantastic lung-bursting run down the left and then into the centre. Dembele eventually receives the ball to the left of the box and takes on Korb before rifling an attempt on goal, but is thwarted by the diving save of the Gladbach stopper!
66'
GLADBACH HIT THE WOODWORK! A sloppy bit of play from Armstrong sees Stindl pounce on possession before gliding into space on the left. The captain of the hosts picks out a perfect pass to the feet of Hahn inside the box, but the subsequent strike on goal cannons off the top of the bar!
64'
Almost a horror moment at the back from Gladbach as Wendt sends a teasingly short pass back to Sommer which Roberts bursts a gut to try and get on the end of. In the end, the home side survive as the goalkeeper proactively comes off his line to JUST make the clearance into the stand.
62'
Hazard is causing lots of problems for Celtic at the moment and seems to have identified Izaguirre as a potential weak link. The Belgian, perhaps ill-advisedly, goes for the shot on goal from a very tight angle, but it does indeed force Gordon into the save so his frustrated team-mates inside the box can't be too annoyed.
60'
P. Roberts enters the game and replaces J. Forrest.
First change of the match and it comes from Brendan Rodgers and Celtic. Entering the action is the tricky winger Patrick Roberts and he will replace the ineffective Forrest down this right-hand side.
58'
The Celtic fans cheer in expectancy as Dembele releases Sinclair down the left-hand side for a speedy counter-attack. The Englishman takes on the opposition defence and cuts inside on his right foot before smashing an attempt at goal, which is blocked by Korb at right-back. Eventually, Gladbach are awarded the free-kick after a foul from Dembele.
56'
An awful pass from Gordon sees Brown put under massive pressure on the right before losing the ball. Johnson pounces on the mistake and marauds his way into the penalty area before looking to curl an attempt to the right corner, only to have to settle for the corner-kick after a deflection.
54'
A small break in play at the moment as Hazard is down clutching his face after an altercation with Izaguirre a yard in from the touchline. There was indeed contact, but there was nothing malicious in it from the Honduran and the Gladbach winger gets up on his feet not long after the ball goes out of play.
52'
Stindle is displaying bags of attacking ambition so far tonight from his position in midfield, and once again finds himself a yard in behind the Celtic defence. However, on this occasion, unlike the opener, he fails to get a decent connection on the strike which makes it easy for Gordon to save to his left.
50'
Kramer finds himself in an advanced position in the no.10 area and attempts to pull the trigger in space, but the retreating Brown does superbly well to make the vital interception and move play up the park. The World Cup winner, rather embarrassingly, goes down like he has been shot when there was zero contact from the Celtic captain.
48'
Much, much better from Forrest this time as the Celtic winger picks up the ball near the dugout and turns with a cracking bit of pace before driving into the final third. He swings a cross to the feet of Armstrong who just needs to let it run for Sinclair bombing in behind the Gladbach defence, but a lapse of communication from the duo sees the attack fizzle out.
46'
We are back under way at Borussia-Park!
42'
Dembele picks up the ball with his back to goal inside the box and looks to turn before eventually squeezing a neat pass in behind for Armstrong. The former Dundee United attacking midfielder just can't find enough space to get the shot away from close range, though, and ends up having to settle for the corner-kick.
40'
Last five minutes of the first half now and Gladbach can probably count themselves fairly fortunate that they are on the cusp of heading into the break with the lead. Meanwhile, Celtic are looking to take the game to the home side with one last charge before half-time!
38'
A couple of lovely one-twos in the middle of the pitch sees Sinclair and Dembele link-up for Celtic. The latter dashes forward through the middle but instead of having a crack on goal from 25 yards, opts to pass sideways to Forrest who is subsequently barged off the ball by the defender. No foul is given, and Gladbach survive a mini scare.
36'
Again, the visitors are enjoying a decent period of possession, but it is coming with very little penetration into the final third. For all they were unlucky not to take the lead through that Sinclair strike off the post, they have barely tested Sommer in between the sticks for Gladbach, with the goalkeeper looking fairly comfortable.
34'
Well, what a kick in the teeth that is for Celtic, who were actually looking the much better side for the minutes preceding that opener from Stindl. Gladbach have only lost one match at Borussia-Park since January, against Barcelona, so the Hoops are facing a massive mountain to climb to claim the win now.
32'
L. Stindl has scored a goal for Borussia M'gladbach! Assist by T. Hazard.
Excellent wing play from Hazard as he assists the opener.
GOOOOAAAALLLLLLLL FOR GLADBACH! The hosts open the scoring! Against the run of play, the German side put together a neat bit of play down the right with possession eventually coming to Hazard, who subsequently clips a teasing cross to the centre of the box. Stindl, whilst completely unmarked, sets a precision volley bouncing into the corner past Gordon! One-nil.
31'
Hazard is involved in the action again for the hosts, this time popping up on the left wing. The talented winger opts to cut inside on his right foot this time and goes for the piledriver strike from 30 yards, but it is a poor one and ends up flying into row Z.
29'
A miscued clearance from Vestergaard falls straight to Rogic and the Australian pounces to go on a marauding run through the middle, eager to pull the trigger. However, the linesman bails out the Gladbach centre-back by awarding a very soft foul after a slightl attempted block from Dembele just as the clearance was made.
27'
Celtic pop the ball around with composure at the back and the formula of the game has changed in the past 10 minutes or so with the visitors now camping their opponents inside their own half. Rodgers will be wary though that this happened at Celtic Park two weeks ago and the Bundesliga outfit ended up scoring two!
25'
The away fans are certainly making themselves heard now, not that they weren't before. But that extremely close attempt from Sinclair has catalysed a growing confidence which is flowing down from the away section to the Celtic players, but they still need to weather this early first-half storm from Gladbach.
23'
CELTIC HIT THE POST! A poor clearance from Stindl falls to the feet of Sinclair and the former Aston Villa winger displays a lovely bit of composure to clip a strike ominously towards the top corner. It looks destined to find the the back of the net but ends up agonisingly bouncing off the inside of the post! Desperately unlucky.
21'
With every moment that passes with the scoreline at 0-0 Celtic are growing in confidence, particularly in terms of their composure on the ball. Too many times early on some promising ventures forward from the Scottish champions were ruined thanks to some sloppy passes from team-mate to team-mate.
19'
VITAL SAVE FROM GORDON! Strobl finds himself as the most advanced player on the pitch and manages to get in behind the opposition defence to get a strike on goal, however the Celtic goalkeeper charges out to make the important stop during the one-on-one.
17'
A nice period of sustained possession at the moment from Celtic as they look to find their feet in an attacking sense. One notable change from the match at Celtic Park is that Armstrong, who has been very impressive in recent domestic fixtures, comes in to the middle of midfield to replace Bitton, who has found himself out-of-sorts. Another positive start from the Scot.
15'
Gladbach are a team that really love to play it out from the back in very much possession-based fashion. Celtic need to try and press them high up the park which is definitely the Brendan Rodgers way, but it was this particular tactic from the Hoops that contributed to them being undone two weeks ago. Well, that and two horrible errors from Kolo Toure.
13'
Celtic are let off the hook slightly here as Izaguirre and Johnson collide down the right-hand side. The left-back of the visitors actually looked to be the agressor, but actually comes out of the situation worse-off and is subsequently awarded the free-kick by the referee from Portugal.
11'
The Hoops have been slightly guilty of going long in the opening 10 minutes in an effort to relieve the pressure on their defence. This isn't exactly ideal considering that Gladbach have the tallest player in the Bundesliga, Vestergaard, at the heart of their defence.
9'
Celtic have actually managed to get their feet on the ball in positive fashion a few times in the past couple of minutes, particularly through Rogic. However, whenever the Australian receives possession in with his back to goal he is surrounded by as many as three Gladbach players at any one time. Clearly been pin-pointed as a danger by the hosts.
7'
Hazard collects posession in plenty of space down the right-hand side and looks to take on Izaguirre with a twisting and turning run. He manages to gain a yard on the Celtic defender, but not before just being beaten to the ball which results in a corner-kick to the hosts, which the Belgian will take.
5'
A positive start to proceedings from the home side who are looking as dominant as they were in the early stages of the previous fixture between the two sides two weeks ago. Key to this is German World Cup winner, Kramer, who just screens that back four with composure. Hazard, vitally, back for Gladbach tonight too.
3'
An early opportunity for Gladbach to get some decent service into the Celtic box now after Lustig rashly brings down Hahn down the left wing. The expectant home fans get on the edge of their seats, but it is ultimately a comfortable clearance from Sviatchenko at the front post.
1'
We are under way at Borussia-Park!
The historical stats do not make particularly good reading for Celtic fans this evening. The Bhoys have won just one out of their last 11 matches against German opposition, lost nine of their last 11 Champions League fixtures, and have lost 26 out of their last 28 away matches in this competition. The Scottish champions desperately need to stop the rot if they are to claim all three points here, but they will once again hope to be buoyed by their huge travelling away support in Europe.
The hosts tonight are currently third in Group C with their solitary three points so far coming from that aforementioned win over the Hoops. Brendan Rodgers' charges, meanwhile, are fourth and have only accumulated one point, albeit from an impressive draw at home against Manchester City, but if they have aspirations of remaining in Europe beyond Christmas, they desperately need a positive result tonight away from home – something they have found extremely difficult to do in the Champions League.
Two weeks ago at Celtic Park, the two teams featuring tonight faced each other for the first time in European competition. In the inaugural fixture between Gladbach and Celtic, the Bundesliga outfit silenced the usually-rapturous home crowd in Glasgow with a relatively comfortable 2-0 away victory, with Lars Stindl and Andre Hahn grabbing the vital goals.
Good evening football fans! Welcome to LIVE coverage of the UEFA Champions League Group C clash between Borussia Monchengladbach and Celtic from Borussia-Park.
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Andre Schubert's outfit have made a relatively disappointing start to their campaign domestically and are currently situated down in 11th in the Bundesliga, having won just three league games. Celtic, conversely, are once again flying high at the summit of the Scottish Premiership, nine points clear of their nearest rivals, Rangers.
The atmosphere is absolutely electric inside the stadium as both sets of fans look to catalyse a strong start from their teams. Before that, though, the Champions League theme!
Half-time in Germany as the referee does not opt to add any injury time on. Gladbach are on course record their second win on the bounce against Celtic in the Champions League with a 1-0 lead at the break, with Lars Stindl grabbing the only goal of the match so far. However, that does not tell the whole story as the Hoops were very much the better side at points of the opening 45, and even nearly took the lead when Scott Sinclair hit the post. Interesting second period to come!
Full-time at Borussia-Park. Gladbach are forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Celtic in the Champions League but can count themselves fortunate after going down to 10 men. Stindl gave the hosts the lead against the run of play in the first half but the Hoops rallied and eventually netted an equaliser through a Dembele penalty, with Korb also seeing red. Points shared in Germany. Thanks for joining us!
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