Celtic manager Martin O’Neill has been speaking to the media before Thursday’s Europa League match against Midtjylland. Here are the key points:
- O’Neill says Celtic should be “aspiring to be playing in big European games”.
- He describes the match against Europa League leaders Midtjylland as “massive”, adding the Danish side are a “very, very good side and they deserve to be where they are”.
- O’Neill watched Midtjylland win 3-2 at Nottingham Forest last month and is expecting them to be physical and very good on set pieces. He is not surprised they’ve got full points from three games.
- Celtic have taken confidence from beating “big rivals” Rangers on Sunday to reach the Premier Sports Cup final, but are not getting “too carried away with things”.
- On his memories of taking Celtic to the Uefa Cup final in 2003, he says that run is “very vivid indeed” and the final loss to Porto still “keeps me awake at night”.
- On adding Callum Osmand to the European squad in place of injured Cameron Carter-Vickers, he says the 19-year-old striker’s impact is “great for him” and praised his “really good attitude”.
- Team news: Alistair Johnston and Kelechi Iheanacho haven’t travelled to Denmark.

