Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers struggled to mask his frustration over the club's Champions League playoff preparations after a shootout defeat against Kairat Almaty consigned them to the Europa League.

A failure to invest in attacking options came back to haunt Celtic during a goalless 210 minutes against the team from Kazakhstan and Rodgers hinted the club had manufactured their own stress.

Daizen Maeda , last season's top goalscorer, missed a glorious chance in the 86th minute before Celtic belatedly dominated in extra time without finding the breakthrough.

And the Japan attacker followed substitutes Adam Idah and Luke McCowan in seeing his penalty saved during a 3-2 shoot-out defeat.

Celtic have failed to add any wingers following Jota's long-term injury in May and the sal

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