Barcelona enjoyed a 3-1 win over Celtic in Dublin.
The Spanish giants named a strong starting XI that included superstar frontmen Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
And while the Parkhead outfit were undone by strikes from Arda Turan and Munir El Haddadi either side of Efe Ambrose's own goal, there was no humiliation for Brendan Rodgers' team.
They even briefly found themselves level midway through the first half when Leigh Griffiths gratefully snapped up a gift from the Barca defence.
But with the International Champions Cup knock-about now out of the way, Rodgers will turn his attention to the more serious business of seeing his side past Champions League qualifying opponents FC Astana,
They welcome the Kazakhs to Glasgow on Wednesday after securing a 1-1 draw last week but there is more bad news on the injury front for the Hoops manager after seeing Nir Bitton limp off early in the first half.