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CELTIC STARTED the new Champions League format with a 5-1 win over Slovan Bratislava which eclipsed their biggest victory in the group stage era.
Goals from Kyogo Furuhashi, Arne Engels, Daizen Maeda and substitute Adam Idah sent Celtic second in the league. Maeda could easily have had Celtic two ahead before Scales netted. The winger fired over inside four minutes after being played in by Alistair Johnston after the home side broke Slovan’s high press. He soon headed straight at the goalkeeper from six yards after a short corner.
The chances kept coming. Engels had a powerful shot parried, Kuhn mis-kicked from 10 yards, and Furuhashi skied over the crossbar after Reo Hatate put the ball on a plate. Within two minutes, Kuhn waltzed to the byline and drove the ball across the face of goal for Furuhashi to force home.
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