McGregor praises 'brave' Celtic performance

Captain Callum McGregor says nullifying Atalanta will give Celtic confidence they can go away from home and compete with any team in the Champions League.

The Scottish champions produced a resolute defensive display to snuff out the Europa League winners in Bergamo and emerge with a goalless draw.

Coming off the back of a 7-1 trouncing against Borussia Dortmund in Germany on matchday two, McGregor says his team delivered a “brave” performance to secure a precious point in their bid to reach the knockout stages.

"Probably everyone from the outside maybe thinking that we didn't have a chance after the Dortmund game,” McGregor said.

"It was about trying to do ourselves justice, putting in a proper performance.

"I don't think you can come to many tougher places against a tougher opponent really.

"They obviously won the Europa League last year, beat some big teams and were really strong and powerful.

"When you see them up close and personal, they're all big strong boys, they can all play football.

"So there's not many teams that will test you as much as they tested us tonight, so hopefully we can take big confidence from that and belief when the next game comes around, which we know will be another tough one as well."