Celtic’s hopes of succeeding in the Europa League became precarious as Chris Hughton’s side faced a 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night.
Arda Turan scored the only goal of the night for Atletico after 30 minutes with a 20-yard strike.
Celtic, which defeated St Mirren 5-0 at the weekend, made only one change from the team that won at the weekend as Gary Hooper, scorer of a hat-trick against St Mirren, had been replaced by South Korea playmaker Ki Sung-yong.
The last season’s Europa League top scorer of Atletico, Falcao returned from a muscle injury and played Wednesday’s match as second half substitute.
