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​Celtic won't resort to defensive tactics after Bayern hiding - Rodgers

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has said that his club will not resort to defensive tactics despite their beatings in this seasons Champions League Group stage matches.

The Hoops suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday.

Thomas Muller opened the scoring for the German giants before Joshua Kimmich added a second just before the half hour mark. Mats Hummels added the third just after half time to ensure a comfortable win for Munich.

Rodgers said: "We decide how we play. There is nothing about being pragmatic for the goals we conceded.

"We didn't defend our box well enough when the ball came in. We could do better with those.

"But listen, I would rather lose a game playing the way we want to play and how we want to work as opposed to sat in and defending for 90 minutes and still lose, if that is the case."

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