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Tuesday 26th August 2014

Celtic suffer Maribor defeat

Celtic will go into Friday's draw for the Europa League group stage after losing 1-0 at home to Maribor this evening.

Celtic will go into Friday's draw for the Europa League group stage after losing 1-0 at home to Maribor this evening.

Ronny Deila's side, who earned a 1-1 draw in the first leg, went down 2-1 on aggregate to the Slovenian champions as they failed to reach the group phase of the Champions League.

Callum McGregor rattled the crossbar in the second half but the visitors took the lead with 15 minutes left when Marcos Tavares looped a shot up and over Craig Gordon.

Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk almost took the tie to extra time but his close-range effort in the dying seconds was saved by Jasmin Handanovic.