Martin O'Neill: The players were terrific in win over Feyenoord | OneFootball

For many Celtic supporters, the sight of Martin O’Neill in the Celtic dugout recently has felt like a real throwback, and tonight was another moment where the Irishman rolled back the years, leading Celtic to a massive away result in Europe.

Celtic had to battle back from a goal behind, but come the full-time whistle, the scoreboard told its own story, with the Hoops leaving De Kuip with a 3-1 win over Feyenoord in the Europa League.

Speaking to Celtic TV’s Daylin Docherty after the match in Rotterdam, the interim Celtic manager was full of praise for the players who secured a massive three points this evening.  

“I thought the team were really fantastic.” He said. “Essentially from their first attack they scored, but after that we controlled the game.

"We were magnificent, we basically passed them off the pitch. The whole team were brilliant.

"To come here and win away from home, in Holland against Feyenoord, it’s just fantastic. We were terrific."

The victory moves Celtic up the Europa League table and keeps the Hoops well in contention for progression to the next phase of the competition.

As well as the lease of life tonight’s result has given Celtic’s UEL campaign, Martin O’Neill says that it’s given him a personal lift, as he looks ahead to Sunday’s match at Easter Road.

He added: “We’ve got 7 points and we need more points on the board.

“There’s another three matches, two are at home and I’m leaving it now for the man in charge to take it on from here.

“These players, they refresh you, they keep you young, even the backroom staff keep you young.

“It was a wonderful night, we’ll celebrate it for a couple of hours and then we’ve got a big game on Sunday.”

Fixtures

Feyenoord Vs. Celtic - Thu, Nov 27th 2025, 17:45 Final score: 1 - 3