{"id":25639,"date":"2025-08-27T03:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/25639\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T03:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:06:09","slug":"aiden-mcgeady-thinks-celtic-have-been-given-a-stark-reminder-of-where-they-are-after-champions-league-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/25639\/","title":{"rendered":"Aiden McGeady thinks Celtic have been given a &#8216;stark reminder&#8217; of where they are after Champions League exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Celtic suffered one of the most embarrassing defeats in recent history after losing to Kairat Almaty on penalties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/brendan-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Rodgers\u2019<\/a> side were lacklustre across the whole 120 minutes and missed penalties from Adam Idah, Luke McCowan and Daizen Maeda meant that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-player-ratings-vs-kairat-almaty-as-brendan-rodgers-side-crash-out-of-champions-league-on-penalties\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kairat beat Celtic<\/a>, becoming only the second team from Kazakhstan to qualify for the main league phase of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/champions-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Questions will be rightly asked about the performance of the players, the decision making from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/celtic-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic manager<\/a> and anger at the board.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/aiden-mcgeady\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aiden McGeady<\/a> believes that this could be an eye-opening moment for everyone associated with the club.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2231656047-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Brendan Rodgers watches on during Celtic vs Livingston\" class=\"wp-image-309349\" \/>Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesAiden McGeady reacts to Celtic defeat <\/p>\n<p>Speaking live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/ce93m7rrzzvt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC Sportsound<\/a> after the game, McGeady thought that the Hoops lacked any sort of quality across the pitch and that it is a reminder of the problems that the club face right now.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere was a real lack of quality, a real lack of intensity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought you would see a massive difference in the two performances, but they were very similar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a terrible way to go out the Champions League, but it\u2019s a stark reminder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not think Kairat a top level by team any stretch of the imagination, so I think it\u2019ll be interesting to see how they get on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celtic must wake up or continue sleepwalking to more problems<\/p>\n<p>For so long now, Celtic have been the dominant force in Scotland but are at risk of sacrificing future chances of success.<\/p>\n<p>A lack of investment in the playing squad has left Rodgers visibly frustrated and the gamble of waiting for Champions League football to make signings has backfired spectacularly.<\/p>\n<p>It was already going to be a busy final week for Celtic in the transfer window and it\u2019s now just got a whole lot bigger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic suffered one of the most embarrassing defeats in recent history after losing to Kairat Almaty on 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