To rub salt within the Celtic wounds they had been awarded a penalty by Halil Umut Meler in added time for a push on substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu nevertheless it was overturned when Var intervened and despatched the referee to the pitchside monitor for an additional look.
Celtic stay backside of the part and can’t catch Lazio, Atlético Madrid or Feyenoord. Brendan Rodgers’ aspect play the Dutch of their last tie at residence subsequent month however that shall be their European swansong for an additional season.
Celtic travelled to Rome understanding they wanted a win to maintain hope of development in Europe alive. Rodgers had pressured the significance of maintaining 11 gamers on the sphere after having three gamers despatched off of their two away video games – Gustaf Lagerbielke and Odin Thiago Holm within the 2-0 defeat in opposition to Feyenoord and Daizen Maeda within the first half of their 6-0 thrashing in Madrid, with the latter and Luis Palma suspended.
Right-back Alistair Johnston, midfielder Paulo Bernardo and veteran winger James Forrest returned in opposition to a Lazio aspect whose coach Maurizio Sarri was beneath some stress after defeat to backside aspect Salernitana on the weekend noticed them drop to 11th in Serie A.
The guests made a good fist of the primary half with out threatening an excessive amount of, though after simply 4 minutes Lazio keeper Ivan Provedel needed to take care of a drive from Hoops striker Kyogo Furuhashi.
However, the most effective likelihood of the primary half fell to Lazio’s Brazil worldwide Felipe Anderson, who missed the goal with a close-range header from a Matteo Guendouzi cross which should have examined Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Furuhashi nearly capitalised on some Lazio indecision within the penalty space between Provedel and defender Mario Gila earlier than the Italian aspect received the ball to security.
Both sides loved spells of possession however neither goalkeeper was correctly examined once more earlier than the break.
Lazio began the second half with elevated tempo however within the 49th minute Furuhashi flashed a shot throughout the far submit on a Celtic break earlier than Yang Hyun-jun headed a Forrest supply again throughout aim looking for Furuhashi when he may need tried to get it on the right track.
Meanwhile, Taty Castellanos twice headed over the bar on the different finish and Gustav Isaksen squeezed a shot previous the far submit after a intelligent break into the Celtic field.
Immobile and Pedro Rodriguez got here on for Anderson and Castellanos with Forrest making means for Mikey Johnston with striker Oh quickly approaching for Bernardo to assist Furuhashi.
The recreation started to warmth up at each ends.
Lazio captain Luis Alberto lofted a shot over the bar with 10 minutes remaining however when Isaken’s drive was deflected into the trail of Immobile he gleefully knocked it previous Hart.
Minutes later, later, the Italy worldwide outmuscled Liam Scales, turned inside Cameron Carter-Vickers and slotted in from shut vary once more.
There was extra drama within the three added minutes when Celtic had been awarded a penalty for a Patric push on Oh however after being directed to his monitor, the Turkish official modified his thoughts and an opportunity of a comfort was gone.
Now, it’s time once more for Celtic to replicate on one other European disappointment.
