The draw for the final play-off round will take place on Friday, with a number of high quality teams also entering the hat. This time last year I was going into these games with a hope that we could go through, to try to find a way. I am really delighted with the players, how they managed the game, how they kept their nerve and courage to play. Yes, it was a great victory for us. The midfielders Callum McGregor and Jonny Hayes also came into the side with Olivier Ntcham and Tom Rogic dropping to the bench alongside Griffiths, who missed the first leg due to suspension.
Rosenborg, with the former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner leading the line, found Celtic as keen to press as they had done in Glasgow which gave encouragement to the or so travelling fans in the near 21, crowd. Griffiths came on for Hayes in the 57th minute, seconds after Kieran Tierney had curled a yard shot with his right foot just past the far post, before the Rosenborg captain, Mike Jensen, hit the side-netting with a shot from the edge of the box.
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There was growing anxiety as the minutes ticked past before Forrest took a Scott Sinclair pass in his stride and from 14 yards fired an angled drive in off the crossbar. Rosenborg threw everything forward but in the 82nd minute Forrest missed a great chance on the counter-attack when through one-on-one with Hansen, while Griffiths, too, had an effort blocked by the year-old keeper. The miss was academic as Celtic deservedly moved to within minutes of Champions League group-stage football under Rodgers for the second successive season.
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