Wilfried Nancy admits his Celtic side could not cope with the intensity of Roma.

The French-Canadian became the first Parkhead manager to lose his first two games in charge as the Europa League defeat followed up a poor result against Hearts at the weekend.

Liam Scales scored an unfortunate early own goal to set the tone and Irishman Even Ferguson then bagged a double. Arne Engels did miss a penalty and Kelechi Iheanacho had a goal ruled out for offside, but it was all to easy for the visiting Italians.

Post-match, Nancy was asked what he had asked for from his players that they failed to deliver.

He told TNT Sports: "A few things, but the reality is we are not able to cope with the intensity. And they try to do well, but the first half was difficult. We were not able to come out

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