'Magical', 'beautiful' & 'a joy to watch' - fans' views on Celtic's win

"A beautiful, magical night", a "breath-taking performance", "a joy to watch", and the best in a couple of decades and one that "will raise eyebrows around Europe".

Those are some of the views from Celtic fans after their 3-1 victory at home to Leipzig in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Football fans can be hard to please, especially at a club like Celtic where supporters expect to see a winning team, but Brendan Rodgers' side's valuable win has earned rave reviews.

Here are some of the opinions of those who got in touch with us.

'Best since 2003 Uefa Cup final'

Prentice: The best Celtic performance I have witnessed since the 2003 Uefa Cup final season. Defensively, we were rigid. Cameron Carter-Vickers is the best defender we've had at the club since Virgil Van Dijk. Kuhn is doing an incredible job of proving the doubters of last season wrong. Dare I say we can have one eye on the top-eight.

Craig: It was a beautiful, magical night. From the noise at the Champions League anthem until the final whistle, the stadium was rocking and the players were at it. A memorable Champions League night that we haven't seen in many a year. Not just the result but the performance.

Daithi: What an unbelievable performance by Celtic. They showed up finally in a Champions League tie. They were clinical at passing and closing down their opponents when they had to. Kuhn was unplayable. His finish for his first goal would have been talked about all night if it was Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo who had scored. Perfect performance from everyone on this great Celtic team.

Andy: Best Celtic display I've seen since the days of Chris Sutton, Henrik Larsson and co. The game management in the second half was incredible. Now we need to consolidate this by getting three points against Bruges.

Paul: The team have matured and just keep getting better. They learn their lessons from poor performances and correct their deficiencies with good coaching, dedication and tremendous work ethic.

Alan: Outstanding performance by Celtic! A few eyebrows will be raised across Europe.

Russell: The team played with a confidence and maturity that belied the fact that Dortmund had won comfortably and Leipzig were tipped for something similar. It's a credit to Celtic that they dominated all but 10 minutes of the match and could have scored five or six.

Nickie: Breath-taking performance. Thought it was going to go from bad to worse when we went 1-0 down. Kuhn is a cracking player.

John: Great to see the manager learn from his mistakes in Dortmund and produce a performance where the team attacked when opportunities arose and professional in possession - so much so that the opposition ran out of ideas and the last 10 minutes.

Jude: Best European performance since the early noughties. Every player shone and kudos for sticking to their style of play against a top German side.

Edward: A real test of the team's character and belief to go one down and come back to dominate the game and record a convincing win. The Leipzig players were a spent force with 10 minutes to go, run ragged by the sheer pace of the Celtic play. The one-touch passing was a joy to watch.

Spelling out Celtic's achievment

Reo Hatate (left) scored Celtic's third, decisive goal

So what do the statistics say about the strength of Celtic's achievement on Tuesday?

Celtic's seven points is already their most in a Champions League campaign since 2012-13.

Another three will match their total back then and Opta statisticians predict that achieving those 10 points would also be enough for a play-off spot in the inaugural competition format, with Celtic now 13th in the 36-team table.

It was the first time Celtic had won three consecutive home Champions League games since November 2007 - then under Gordon Strachan.

Okay, Leipzig have now lost all four of their Champions League games this season - the first German side to have such a poor start since Stuttgart, also in 2007.

However, this is a side sitting second in the Bundesliga - three places above a Borussia Dortmund team who had thrashed Celtic 7-1 at home.

That resilience to recover from adversity meant, having lost in 27 of the 28 previous Champions League games in which they had gone behind, Celtic fought back to win for the first time since 2007 - yes, that year again.

The additional hurt for Tuesday's visitors was that the chief architect of the latest three was a German - and not only that, a former Leipzig youth in the shape of wispy winger Nicolas Kuhn.

The 24-year-old, signed from Rapid Vienna in summer 2023, became the first Celtic player to score two goals in the first half of a Champions League/European Cup match since Roy Aitken in October 1979, which came against Partizana Tirana.

Kuhn, who also had a role in the build-up to the third goal, has been directly involved in 19 goals (nine goals, 10 assists) for Celtic in all competitions this season, at least seven more than any of his team-mates.