Celtic's porous defending offers up an easy narrative about the club's Champions League hopes evaporating in Athens last night. On BT Sport, pundit Chris Sutton wasn't going to pass up the open goals the situation threw up '“ even allowing for a spirited late rally that almost allowed them to recover a two-goal deficit after a headed strike by substitute Scott Sinclair made it 2-1 in the 77th minute.

The chickens had come home to roost, Sutton said, following the failure of the club to recruit high calibre, experienced centre-backs over the past 14 months.

The absence of one man that could be considered to fit that profile – the stay-at-home and want-away Dedryck Boyata, pictured, – had Sutton giving the Belgian it large. He was “a disgrace” for “downing tools”, “not fit to wear the hoops”, and it was time to to “get him out”.

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