'Only so many ways I can say we don't have the players'published at 22:42 British Summer Time 20 August
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More from Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers on next week's second leg: "The beauty is, it's a one-off game now. We weren't quick enough, but we know we can win there. We can't wait on the game.
"As I said to the players at half-time, 'if you're going to miss the bus, make sure you run - don't be walking'. Whatever happens, we have to give everything and make sure we're running.
"If it doesn't happen, then we've given everything. But we waited 45 minutes tonight, which surprised me."
On Adam Idah, who was hooked at half-time: "There's no rocket science in it. It's all hard work and preparation and all that leads to confidence. You normally succeed then as a player. It didn't quite go for him first half.
"I wanted a bit more activity in and around the box. Adam is a good, honest boy. He's not started how he'd like, and in games like this here I can't afford to wait."
And on a lack of summer transfer business: "I accept the responsibility as the manager of the club. I can't tell you anything that I'd like to. There are only so many ways I can dress up that we don't have the players here. The privilege is mine to be here.
"It was pretty clear. You don't need to look into the future too far. You know these games are tough and you want to have players in as quick as you can to tackle these situations. It is what it is. I have to accept where it's at. We'll get ready for Saturday and the long haul Sunday."
What's next?published at 22:40 British Summer Time 20 August
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Celtic host Livingston in the league on Saturday (15:00 BST) before embarking on the long, long, long journey to Almaty for the return leg on Tuesday.
The city sits fewer than 400 miles from the border with China, so Celtic will be in the air for at least 10 hours and will cross multiple timezones before arriving at their destination.
'We have to accept position we're in'published at 22:31 British Summer Time 20 August
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Celtic manager BrendanRodgers: "We need to improve the squad. There's been clarity around that for a long time. Supporters see that. We do in football. We need to improve.
"This is a performance club. That starts on the field. You do that by getting the very best players you possibly can to allow you to perform. To play a style that excites supporters.
"Hopefully between now and the end of the season, the club will get that and that will support us.
"It's not my decision in the end. I can prepare the team, the staff, and the players that are here who have been fantastic in pre-season. We are all clear on where we need to improve, and for whatever reason we haven't been able to do that.
"We're in this position, we have to accept that and not dwell on it, and try and come through it."
'We've known what we need for a long time'published at 22:28 British Summer Time 20 August
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More from Celtic bossBrendan Rodgers on the 'sack the board' chants.
"What I do know is, over many years, 'sack the board' usually means 'sack the manager'. It's normally the manager that goes when that starts to be sung," he says.
"I can only really look at the players we have here, and the performance. We've known for a long time what we've needed as a squad, so I don't want to go into that.
"At the end of the game, we have to shuffle things about to try and make it work. But the players' endeavour in the second half was really good. But at this level, it's more than that.
"Hopefully we can show that. The boys are a great bunch of lads, really honest. They've started the season well, defensively been strong, but tonight offensively we couldn't show those moments of quality to break through."
'We didn't start with the right mentality'published at 22:24 British Summer Time 20 August
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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: "We're disappointed with the result and first-half performance. We didn't start with the intent and mentality we wanted to. We were quite passive.
"We weren't moving as a team as we would like. The second half was better, we started well but couldn't find the breakthrough in the final third of the pitch.
"Of course, you want to take the advantage. I've been here before, having drawn 0-0 in a qualification game - against Rosenborg, a very good team. We went there to qualify and we did, played very well and won.
"There's no doubt we can go there and win. Of course, you want to take an advantage with you, it's still very much in the balance."
'It's on us to go there and win' - McGregorpublished at 22:18 British Summer Time 20 August
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Celtic captain Callum McGregor tells TNT Sports: "First half we were too slow and too passive.
"Second half we started well, on the front foot the whole half. We've still got another game, it's 0-0, we never lost. We have to go there next week and win.
"The connections weren't quite there to get us through the middle. It's on us to go there and qualify now.
"We know how much everyone wants it. It's our job to work [through the anxiety in the stadium] and keep playing."
Get Involvedpublished at 22:15 British Summer Time 20 August
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Brendan Rodgers is paid an absolute fortune and has spent £25m or so on Idah and Engels. I'm not surprised the board won't trust him to spend money after that. They're both worth £10m tops, together.
Steven
A 38-year-old striker [Jamie Vardy] who hasn’t done a pre-season being the focal point of discussions show just how good a job the Celtic board do at minimising our expectations.
Celtic up against it nowpublished at 22:12 British Summer Time 20 August
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Kheredine Idessane BBC Scotland at Celtic Park
Celtic will need to be a whole lot better in Almaty next week if they're to make it through to the Champions League.
In truth, the Parkhead side offered little to worry a well-organised Kairat side who showed just why they were able to get the better of three other sides on their qualifying journey thus far.
Will the Scottish champions become their fourth victims?
Almaty had the better of the chances, with the sole exception of the huge opportunity spurned by Daizen Maeda.
It was an effort that summed up Celtic's night - lacking in conviction, lacking in intensity, lacking in quality.
It will take a big performance next week to get through, and the home fans booed on the full-time whistle. Then came the 'sack the board' chants for good measure.
At this stage, are Celtic losing their gamble not to strengthen more before the Champions League play-off?
'Rodgers being more pragmatic could help'published at 22:09 British Summer Time 20 August
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Johan Mjallby Former Celtic defender and assistant manager on TNT Sports
Celtic didn't create enough clear-cut chances for me to say they should have won the game, despite having more possession. Kairat defended so well, too.
Rodgers has clearly said this group, playing these two games, are good enough.
They will have another competitive game in their legs [at the weekend] so maybe they will be fitter.
They can take confidence from some of their away games last season - not against Dortmund - and maybe Rodgers needs to be a bit more pragmatic for it.
Celtic's Champions League hopes hang very much in the balance after they were held to a goalless draw in Glasgow by enterprising Kazakh side Kairat.
The £40m bounty now lies at the end of a potentially hazardous road for Brendan Rodgers' side, with the Scottish champions facing a decisive second leg on Tuesday in Almaty, over 3,500 miles and several time zones away near the Chinese border.
The Celtic fans began chanting 'sack the board' midway through the second half, such was their displeasure not only with what they were seeing but with the lack of transfer activity ahead of such a season-defining tie.
And it could have been even worse for Rodgers' men, who watched on with relief as an early Kairat goal was disallowed for offside and then again when Edmilson floated a long-range effort just over the bar after a Cameron Carter-Vickers error.
There was nearly an own goal near the end, too, as Celtic required some desperate last-ditch defending to keep Kairat at bay.
A first half injury to right-back Alastair Johnston - who left on a stretcher with what appeared to be a hamstring injury - seemed to set the tone for a night of frustration.
Celtic only started to look lively when winger Hyun-jun Yang came on at the interval for striker Adam Idah, with Daizen Maeda moved through the middle.
The Japanese striker had the best chance late on but Celtic failed to score at home for the first time in 47 matches.
And it means Kairat leave Glasgow feeling they have every chance to finish the job next week and take a place at the top table of European football.
Celtic analysis: Struggle for width and penetration
It was all too comfortable for Kairat for large chunks of this game.
Celtic tend to play right-sided players on the left and vice-versa. That means, more often than not, Maeda and James Forrest would cut inside to an already congested middle area of the final third.
The Kazakh visitors were very happy about that, apeing a set-up St Mirren used on flag day in the Premiership when only losing late on.
The lack of creativity and intensity in Celtic's display will have been a worry for Rodgers given what is at stake in these Champions League play-offs.
A lot was made of the need to take a cushion to Kazakhstan.
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Edmilson comes close to breaking deadlock from halfway line
Celtic didn't really look like scoring in the first period. The half-time team talk did seem to make a difference, as did Yang's introduction, but the increase in intensity and energy didn't equate to the creation of many more chances.
Rodgers has made little secret of his desire for quality reinforcements to compensate for the departures of Kyogo Furuhashi, Nicolas Kuhn and Greg Taylor and the long-term injury to Jota.
Celtic supporters agree that more players should have been signed and let the directors know exactly what they think of the inaction.
The club have gambled that there is enough in the current squad to qualify for the Champions League.
Rodgers agreed pre-match but says reinforcements will be needed if his side go further. Now he's faces a perilous journey - in more ways than one - to deliver progression to the competition proper and the accompanying riches that could bring him what he wants.
What they said
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'We need to improve the squad' - Rodgers
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: "We didn't start with the intent and mentality we wanted to. We were quite passive. We weren't moving as a team as we would like.
"The second half was better; we started well but couldn't find the breakthrough.
"I've been here before, having drawn 0-0 in a qualifier here - against Rosenborg, a very good team. We went there to qualify and we played very well and won. There's no doubt we can go there and win."
Celtic captain Callum McGregor: "The connections weren't quite there to get us through the middle. It's on us to go there and qualify now.
"We've still got another game. We know how much everyone wants it. It's our job to work [through the anxiety in the stadium] and keep playing."
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'Celtic fans had a fear this was coming'
What's next for these teams?
Celtic host Livingston in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday (15:00 BST) before embarking on the long journey to Almaty for the return leg on Tuesday.
The city sits fewer than 400 miles from the border with China, so Celtic will be in the air for at least 10 hours and will cross multiple timezones before arriving at their destination.