c captain Callum McGregor accepted there have been no excuses for the gamers after their e.
McGregor put his group 4-0 up on combination towards Okay when he struck from 18 yards within the twenty first minute in Austria however they went on to lose 5-1 on the evening after additional time.
Defeat sends Celtic into the e and delivers a harmful monetary blow that may price the membership no less than £20million.
“We bought what we deserved,” McGregor advised Amazon Prime. “I assumed we have been so passive. All evening. We really seemed scared to go and win the sport, and if you end up 3-0 up it’s psychological.
“To be trustworthy I didn’t assume we have been that good within the first leg both. We scored at good instances and type of bought away with it. You go 3-0 and also you assume you’ve bought an actual probability however once you play like you could’t have any excuse in any respect.
“We now have to suck it up, apologise to the supporters and the membership as a result of there is no such thing as a method that we must always lose that recreation.
“We’ve bought to stay collectively, we’ve bought to suck it up, and now you’ll see what sort of characters are in there.”
McGregor admitted there was a “nervousness” about Celtic on account of what was at stake however the 33-year-old added: “While you play like that and also you’re so passive and also you go 1-0 up within the recreation and it nonetheless doesn’t settle you, then you may’t have any excuse, and that’s on us.”
Defeat is the most recent in a string of e qualifying failures and Celtic’s gradual begin to the switch window will once more come underneath scrutiny.
When requested if it may very well be levelled that the squad was not prepared or sturdy sufficient this time, McGregor paused and mentioned: “I assume not, no. Everybody’s completely satisfied for 2 or three weeks and you then fall at an enormous hurdle, these questions are going to get requested.
“It’s as a lot on the gamers as the rest to be trustworthy. You may’t lose that recreation by such an enormous margin after which begin searching for excuses elsewhere. We now have to just accept that.”
Martin O’Neill admitted the defeat ranked as one in all his most painful nights as Celtic supervisor.
“I’d say completely, sure,” he mentioned. “I’d put it down earlier than the frustration of shedding the Uefa Cup ultimate in 2003, however it’s so, so disappointing.
“We should always have been out of sight by half-time. We scored a objective, which was nice, we missed two nice, nice alternatives. After which we give them a lifeline simply earlier than half-time after which one simply after it. And so they come roaring again.
“And clearly we conceded, from our viewpoint, not good objectives in any respect. However that’s my group and that’s my accountability.
“I’m dissatisfied that we’ve conceded the objectives within the method which we did.”
When requested whether or not his squad was sturdy sufficient, O’Neill mentioned: “These are powerful video games. And it would solely be a Champions League qualifying recreation, however it felt like a Champions League recreation. I assumed they have been a tremendous aspect.
“However that doesn’t matter. We should always have been in a position to have seen it via. And we didn’t do. Speaking in regards to the squad, that’s for an additional day.”