Christian Bruna/Getty ImagesAug. 25, 2026 Updated 6:23 pm EDTCeltic threw away a four-goal aggregate lead to be knocked out of the Champions League after losing 5-1 to Austrian side LASK.The Scottish side, who won the first leg in Glasgow 3-0, opened the scoring at Raiffeisen Arena to move clear in the tie. However, a defensive error handed LASK parity before half-time on the night and in the second half they overwhelmed Martin O’Neill’s side.Goals from Robert Ljubicic, Samuel Adeniran and one in the 91st-minute from substitute Florian Flecker saw the Austrian side draw level at 4-4 on aggregate and sent the tie to extra-time.Houston-born Adeniran’s second completed the hosts’ remarkable turnaround, and they could have gone further ahead but for the American forward’s saved penalty in the 115th minute to miss out on a hat-trick.Regardless, the final whistle saw LASK prevail 5-4 on aggregate and ensure there will be no Scottish clubs in the group stage proper of the Champions League for the second year in succession.American Samuel Adeniran scored his team’s fifth goal (Christian Bruna/Getty Images)“We got what we deserved,” Celtic captain Callum McGregor, who scored his side’s only goal on Tuesday, told Amazon Prime after the match. “We were passive all night. We looked scared to go and win the game.“I didn’t think we were that good in the first leg either. We scored at good times and got away with it. We have to suck it up. We apologise to our supporters and the club because there’s no way we should lose that game.“It’s as much on the players as everyone else. You can’t look for excuses elsewhere. You’ll now see what people are made of.”Despite a turbulent 2025-26 campaign in which Brendan Rogers resigned as head coach in October, with his successor Wilfried Nancy sacked after only eight games in charge, Celtic revived under O’Neill and won their final nine matches across the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup to claim both trophies.They overhauled Hearts, who had led the league table since September and were chasing a first league title since 1960, to claim their 14th league title in the last 15 seasons in their final game.