​“It was a tough evening, but I can’t ask for any more from the players,” Martin O’NeillMartin O’Neill spoke to the mainstream media last night after Celtic lost a fourth successive match in European football, this time going down 2-1 to Celta Vigo at Celtic Park…Martin O’Neill, Manager of Celtic, looks on before the UEFA Europa League 2026/27 League Phase MD3 match between Celtic FC and Celta Vigo at Celtic Park on October 22, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)It’s a result that leaves the Scottish Champions second bottom of the Europa League group table. Here’s what the Celtic manager had to say to the questions he was asked…Q: In the Ferencvaros game, you were a bit frustrated you didn’t take the lead that night because you felt there might have been a better outcome. You got the lead tonight, where did it all go wrong after that?Martin O’Neill: “Where did it all go wrong? Well, we hit the bar with the header, we could have gone 2-0 in front. I think if we had done that, we probably would have won. But forget ifs, buts and maybes, we conceded a goal from a set-piece. My own view was that I thought it was a foul for us 10 seconds before that, 6 seconds before that. But it may not have been, although I thought it was. We just lost a bit of momentum. We conceded the second goal, which was a blinding shot by the player outside the penalty area. Yeah, it was a tough evening, but I can’t ask for any more from the players.”Kasper Hogh of Celtic looks dejected after the team’s defeat in the UEFA Europa League 2026/27 League Phase MD3 match between Celtic FC and Celta Vigo at Celtic Park on October 22, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)Q: What’s the biggest frustration for you, sitting here off the back of a third defeat at the start of this campaign?Martin O’Neill: “Yeah, well, that’s exactly right, it is one of frustration. Tonight is disappointing because I thought that we could win the game, I felt that beforehand, and while it was a tight match throughout, I still thought we could win.”Q: You also said last week that you were confident that this team could still go through. Do you still feel that way?Martin O’Neill: “Yeah, I haven’t looked at the table, but I was told, roughly, that there’s still a lot of points to play for. We have to obviously win a game at Celtic Park and we have to win away from home. I think we’re capable of doing that.”Q: Martin, how big a frustration is it just now that you can perform so well and win so spectacularly at the weekend, but you’re not able to take it on in terms of Europe getting results this season?Martin O’Neill: “Well, we haven’t done so. There’s no getting away from that, the games that we’ve had. I just get back to the point I said before, Benfica are a very fine side, but we’ve lost two home games against opposition that I think that we could compete against.”Martin O’Neill, Manager of Celtic, reacts during the UEFA Eu