Elfsborg 0 Celtic 0; agg 0-1: match report Bangura had been allocated a lone attacking role in their first instalment of the tie but had James Keene for company on this occasion. Nevertheless, all the big chances for the home side fell to Bangura in the opening 45 minutes and all in the same fashion. Stefan Ishizaki, breaking wide right, found the striker no fewer than three times with crosses that offered him clear chances with the target dead ahead of him. However, despite a promising start which saw him take a touch before striking an overhead kick which had Fraser Forster scrambling across his goal line, Bangura contrived to put every attempt off the mark, most culpably when he was offered an unopposed header inside the box in the 10th minute only to float it too high. Bangura's contributions, ineffectual as they might have been, were a warning to Celtic that the tie was far from secure. In contrast, a goal for Lennon's side would put the issue out of Elfsborg's reach and midway through the first half the point was emphasised when Jon Jonsson clumsily handled on the edge of his own box. Mulgrew, who usually pulls the trigger in such situations, stepped up but his action was a feint to allow Kris Commons to strike the dead ball, but his attempt struck the wall and fell for Joe Ledley, who pounced on the rebound to deliver a venomous drive. It looked certain to find the net but Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard stuck out an arm longer than his name to turn the ball wide of his left-hand post. The Welshman might also have doubled Celtic's advantage with a swirling drive from distance on the verge of half time. The pattern thus established was extended almost undisturbed beyond the interval until a flurry of substitutions enlivened the proceedings. Two were intentional, when the anonymous Samaras made way for Stokes with 20 minutes left to play, to which Elfsborg's response was to remove Henning Hauger from his advanced midfield role and replace him with Simon Hedlund. Between times Lennon was forced to reshuffle when Mulgrew went down heavily and had to be taken off on a stretcher and Adam Matthews sent on to fill the gap. Celtic had dominated the second half of the first leg but were less expansive on this outing as Elfsborg put in impressive efforts to close the Scottish champions down from middle to front. Celtic's response was to run down the clock by taking as much time over substitutions and setpieces, to the voluble anger of the Elfsborg coach, Jorgen Lennartsson, who guaranteed a frenetic finale by removing Andreas Klarstrom and throwing on another striker in the form of David Elm. However, four minutes plus of stoppage time - interrupted by a clash between Bangura and Scott Brown, which saw both men cautioned - passed without damage to Celtic who have now guaranteed European football until Christmas, via the Europe League, at worst. Elfsborg (4-1-3-2): Stuhr-Ellegaard; J Larsson, Jonsson, Mobaeck (Soderberg 33), Klarstrom (Elm 84); Svensson; Ishizaki, Hauger (Hedlund 75), Rohden; Keene, Bangura. Subs Hassan (g), S Larsson, Jorgensen, Claesson. Booked Hedlund. Celtic (4-2-3-1): Forster; Ambrose, Wilson, Izaguirre; Brown, Ledley; Forrest, Commons, Mulgrew (Matthews 77); Samaras (Stokes 68). Subs Zaluska (g), Balde, Mouyokolo, Watt. Booked Brown, Stokes. Referee V Bezborodov (Russia).