Stunning goals light up Champions League playoffs as big guns Celtic, AC Milan and Lyon struggle Shakhter Karagandy and Real Sociedad have recorded wins over Celtic and Lyon respectively, while PSV and AC Milan played out a draw in the overnight Champions League qualifiers. FORMER European champions Celtic were left with work to do to reach the Champions League group stage after a shock loss to a minnow from Kazakhstan in their play-off first leg game on Tuesday. Meanwhile, AC Milan will approach next week's second leg at home to PSV Eindhoven having secured a 1-1 draw. But it was Celtic who drew all the headlines after slumping to an embarrassing 2-0 defeat away at unheralded Kazakh outfit Shakhter Karagandy. Celtic manager Neil Lennon still held out hope that his Scottish champions could recover from one of their more embarrassing defeats of recent times and reach the group stage. Former Europen champions Celtic went down to Kazakh minnows in their play-off. The hosts - whose traditional sacrificing of a sheep on the eve of the match brought its' reward - scored through captain Andrei Fionchenko and Sergei Khizhnichenko to take a healthy-looking advantage to Scotland for the second leg. "I don't know how many chances we had tonight - clear cut ones as well - and if you don't take your chances then you make life difficult for yourself," said Lennon, who guided the side to the last 16 last season. However, it's not over yet. We have to go back to Celtic Park and we're not down and out just yet. Real Sociedad's Haris Seferovic scored an absolute stunner. Australian Tom Rogic was on the bench for Celtic during the match, but wasn't played by Lennon. Two other sides in action fared far better on their travels, Spanish outfit Real Sociedad winning 2-0 at Lyon while a hat-trick by Roman Shirokov eased Zenit St Petersburg to a 4-1 win in Portugal over Champions League debutants Pacos de Ferreira. PSV exposed Milan's rustiness - they have not yet started their league season - several times in the early stages but still went behind to a Stephan El Shaarawy header on the quarter-hour mark. Real Sociedad's supporters celebrate as their team beats Lyon. The Dutch side more than held their own despite their youth - the back four's average age was 19 and-a-half - and deservedly got an equaliser on the hour as Tim Matavz pounced on an error by Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati. Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri was relieved to have got a draw, but added that Milan's problems were far from over. "It is a good result but given the problems we had in the first-half and the rhythm of the match which PSV imposed on us we must be very wary with regard to what lies in store in the second leg," he said. AC Milan's Mario Balotelli fights for the ball with Oscar Hiljemark from PSV Eindhoven. It will take a good team to beat this PSV side, who are a young and very promising side.