Manager: We'll give everything against LASK

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·24 August 2026

Manager: We'll give everything against LASK

Martin O’Neill says his players are ready to give it everything to qualify for the league phase of this season’s UEFA Champions League.

Speaking in Austria ahead of tomorrow night’s second leg against Austrian champions, LASK, the Celtic manager believes his side will get chances to score, and despite a 3-0 advantage from the first leg, he’s not prepared to just defend the lead for 90 minutes.

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“We just can't sit in there, and that's not our intention at all," he said."

"I feel as if we're capable of scoring a goal in the game and that's at least grounds for optimism. It'll be a tough old night for us, but we're capable.

“There are players who have had experiences of last season, and some of those who have experiences of the season before that, which was really good, so it's really a mixed bag.

"Obviously we're going to try and get through if we can. I think anybody who witnessed the game last week would realise it's a tough old game for us. But we're capable, absolutely.

"We want to try and get through. We'll throw absolutely everything at it in which to do so. I don't think that we want to be sitting in, and I think that we can play. I think we'll get opportunities.

"They will also get opportunities to attack and they are a formidable team. but we are also in good form and we'll just give absolutely everything we possibly can to try and get through the tie.”