Scott Brown: Celtic tried to play, but we lost our shape

Celtic captain Scott Brown says the Hoops tried to play the right way as they were hammered 7-1 by Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night.

Celtic amazingly took a first-minute lead in the French capital when Moussa Dembele netted, only for PSG to hit back with seven as they claimed a 12-1 aggregate victory over the two Champions League games.

Brown told BT Sport: “Some of the goals were sloppy, the first three goals maybe. They have top class players. We lost our shape and our focus when they scored a few quick goals.

“We need to be lucky and get some breaks. Take nothing away from them they played really well. Losing seven goals, nobody likes to do that.

“We tried to play, we don’t ping it long and defend for 90 minutes, that’s not the gaffer’s philosophy.”

Former Celtic striker Scott McDonald admitted to pleading for mercy in the second half.

“When they scored the seventh, Cavani’s on a hat-trick, Neymar’s on a hat-trick, you fear the worst. You’re thinking, please no more,” he told BBC Five Live.

“I’ve been there before where I’ve been heavily beaten and you just want the ground to swallow you up. You could see they’d all blown a fuse once the fifth goal went in, the brain stopped working, there were a lot more gaps.

“I fully expect Celtic to do really well in the Europa League, but how many years running is it going to be acceptable to get beaten by five, six and seven goals?”