The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Join thousands of fans who have signed up to our Celtic newsletter. Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Celtic might have come up short on the pitch against Leipzig but their supporters are hard to beat of it. The Hoops faithful follow their side all over the Continent during their European adventures and they pulled out all the stops again. The sojourn to Saxony was no doubt earmarked as trip not to miss and more than 4,000 supporters were in the Red Bull Arena to witness Brendan Rodgers' side fall to a 2-0 defeat. Celtic supporters brought Leipzig to a standstill as they marched towards the ground providing pride, passion and pyrotechnics. The noise was deafening and the colour was a kaleidescope as fans turned the city green. It wasn’t so great on the pitch, though. The defeat means the Hoops are off the pace in Group B but a win against the Bundesliga big-spenders would breath new life into their Europa League dream. Watch the video above to see the remarkable footage.<doc-sep>As Brendan Rodgers' side travel to Germany for their third group game of the Europa League, the Celtic fans have laid claim to the streets of Leipzig in huge numbers. Famous travelers (and revelers), the fans were captured in their structured lines by a number of people looking on from the sidelines and above. A truly enormous turnout for the mid-week Europa League game, one would wonder how they are going to fit into the away section of RB Leipzig's relatively modest Red Bull Arena. Travelling in the face of an indifferent start to this year's Europa League, the Celtic fans will be hopeful that tonight's game can go somewhat better than match-day two for Rodgers' men. Advertisement After beating Rosenborg 1-0 at Park Head in the opening round, Celtic went down 3-1 to Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. With the club's Scottish Premiership campaign finally looking to pick up the pace after their weekend defeat of Hibernian, the Celtic fans are clearly hopeful that the team can keep the good times going tonight. See Also: The English Media Player Ratings For The Irish In The Championship<doc-sep>Join thousands of fans who have signed up to our Celtic newsletter. Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Whatever the travelling, still the plans eventually come unravelling. No matter how it’s dressed up, this is Brendan Rodgers’ third season and yet the same problems remain in Europe as Celtic spectacularly fail to deal with problems away from home. Despite a bright beginning the dark clouds were soon engulfing Scotland’s champions as they repeated the defensive howlers that have become a trademark of their trips on the Continent. Eboue Kouassi, Dedryck Boyata and Cristian Gamboa were all culpable as Matheus Cunha and Bruma scored goals for RB Leipzig that were eminently preventable. And it all could have been worse. Much worse. Yes, Rodgers had to field a makeshift side that included the likes of Lewis Morgan but the performance was still woeful. Now Rodgers must devise a plan that breathes life back into their Europa League quest. (Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke) Celtic welcome Leipzig to Glasgow in two weeks’ time in what could be a group-defining game and in truth a 2-0 defeat isn’t the worst ahead of what could be a crucial head-to-head record against the Germans. But it could have been better. Celtic so nearly enjoyed a dream start after just seven minutes. Gamboa played it up the right for Morgan, with Odsonne Edouard screaming for it in the middle. The young Scot took a fine touch, steadied himself and perfectly played in the French striker. Edouard shot across the keeper’s body, which was good but it went agonisingly wide, which wasn’t so good. Still, the fast break was encouraging. That wasn’t the only quickfire counteract from Rodgers’ side in the first half. Callum McGregor was put through but he chose the wrong option when he checked on to his left and ran into Dayot Upamecano. The chance was gone. The hope had not. (Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke) (Image: X02197) But it didn’t take long for the belief to drain from the legs of Celtic’s players as Leipzig started to find their feet. The defence of Scotland’s champions was breached just after the half-hour mark, with the Hoops fans having seen this continental movie before. And as usual it wasn’t some European arthouse flick but the Keystone Cops variety. First Kouassi and then Boyata failed to deal with a cross at midriff height. The ball somehow found its way past those two Celtic players before landing at the feet of Cunha who slotted past Craig Gordon. Two minutes later and it was 2-0. Again, it was entirely preventable – Gamboa sliding in on Marcelo Saracchi when there was no need. There was no contact either as the Costa Rican full-back missed both man and ball and Saracchi was free to whip the ball into the box. Eventually, it came out to Bruma, who slammed it past Gordon at his near post. (Image: AFP/Getty Images) (Image: AFP/Getty Images) Gamboa didn’t reappear for the second half – Mikael Lustig replaced him at right back. Not that much changed with regards to the gaping holes in Celtic’s midfield and defence. Konrad Laimer waltzed past Celtic’s players as if he was invisible just a few minutes after the restart, only for the Austrian midfielder to shoot just wide of Gordon’s goal. The home side were starting to toy with Celtic now. Ripping past their opponents with ease and it could have been 3-0 just after the hour mark. (Image: Bongarts/Getty Images) Boyata’s attempted clearance was woeful and Jean-Kevin Augustin seized on it before rifling a screamer that was all the way a goal until Gordon flung out a hand to divert the ball on to his right-hand post and to safety. No more goals were conceded but there was hardly cause for celebration as Jozo Simunovic was stretchered off in the second half and must now be a doubt for the Murrayfield showdown with Hearts. 5 talking points Style counsel Rodgers continually insisted he would not abandon his beliefs in the hope of sneaking a result. But then came something of a U-turn. We say something of a U-turn because the manager didn’t actually go through with it. Prior to the last game against Red Bull Salzburg, Rodgers hinted strongly he would ditch his methodology of playing from the back for a more pragmatic style. It never materialised. Despite going 1-0 up, his side folded alarmingly before slumping to a 3-1 defeat. Celtic never took the lead in Germany but they were to later fold all the same. This Celtic team don’t know how to shut up shop in Europe. Instead, it’s open all hours. Open for shots on their goal. Open down the flanks for wingers to expose them. Open to a hammering. That it didn’t transpire was more down to laziness from Leipzig than design. Squad help ’em (Image: SNS) (Image: FILIP SINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) This wasn’t so much a team made up from the fringes as one drawn from the badlands. Morgan and Kouassi? Just 21 appearances in the Hoops between them. Throw in Christie and Gamboa and the experience is plain for all to see. Oh, and what about the bench? Izaguirre, Hendry and Hayes were some of the names sitting on the pine and not a striker among them. Rodgers himself spoke of Celtic’s bloated squad but he was left severely short in Germany. Fourteen midfielders, four goalkeepers but just two centre-forwards in his squad? The imbalance screams. It seems quality is every bit as much as a problem as the quantity. Some of these players aren’t at Europa League level, never mind Champions League. Red Bull gives you wins (Image: SNS) There have been teams Celtic faced in this competition where their superior budgets should have seen them dispose of the opposition. Leipzig do not fall into this bracket. In just five years the club formerly known as SSV Markranstadt have spent an incredible £225m. Just this summer there was the £14m on 19-year-old Cunha and the £15m for Nordi Mukiele. Then there’s Timo Werner who cost £12m from Stuttgart and smashed through the £2.5m a year wage cap. They have a similar transfer model to Celtic in that they sign young,upcoming players – albeit on a more expensive scale than that of their Scottish rivals – and sell them on at a huge profit. Yep, Leipzig spend Champions League money and that’s where they want to be again. On displays like tonight that’s the platform on which they perhaps belong. But on the flipside who’s to say Celtic didn’t make them look better than they really are. After all, they lost the Red Bull derby 3-2 at home to Salzburg in September. Deux amis (Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke) Edouard and Augustin grew up together at Paris Saint-Germain as well as playing together with the France Under-19 side. There is just six months between them – Augustin being the older – and they were both sold by the Paris giants in the summer. Edouard went for £9million, while the Leipzig forward attracted the bigger fee of £14m. On tonight’s evidence, he looks worth it. Edouard, meanwhile, has flattered to deceive at times this season, despite a fine performance in the thrilling 4-2 win over Hibs last weekend. Leipzig’s green and white? (Image: SNS) Not quite but Celtic fans were in good voice in the Red Bull Arena. They follow their team all over the world and aren’t often rewarded. Four thousand Hoops fans travelled to Saxony desperately hoping to witness Celtic’s first win on German soil, and the first European away group stage victory since Anderlecht more than one year ago. They needn’t have been so optimistic. Still, they kept singing, kept backing their team. They deserve better.<doc-sep>
CHAOS erupted in Germany last night with eight men nicked for brawling outside a nightclub and Celtic fans caught in a terrifying stadium crush in Leipzig. Cops swooped on SO36 club in Berlin on Wednesday night after a huge street scrap involving 30 Scottish and English fans. 4 Cops drag a cuffed man away from the scene of the mass brawl outside a Berlin nightclub Credit: spreepicture/BILD 4 Many Hoops fans missed the early stages of their Europa League defeat after being caught in a crowd crush outside the Red Bull Arena Credit: KENNY RAMSAY - THE SUN GLASGOW A bash dubbed Berlin Calling – Nein zu RB, meaning 'No to RB Leipzig', was in full swing. Police say a rammy erupted between the larger group and four men who flung chairs, benches and bottles, before heading to the Görlitzer Bahnhof underground station. Cops waded in and rounded up 20 men. Eight of them, aged between 17 and 32, were arrested and later released. A spokesperson for the Berlin force said: "Football fans got into an argument with another group last night in Kreuzberg. At 10:15 pm, a group of 30 Scottish and English football fans appeared . "Four men quarrelled, during which both groups threw chairs, benches and bottles. 4 Celtic fans were also caught up in a crush prior to kick-off, following similar scenes outside Parkhead before last month's Old Firm clash "Some members of the fan group also struck the four men with chairs." They continued: "Investigations regarding the eight men committing a serious breach of the peace have now been launched. "Only two men, aged 21 and 45, from the group of four could be identified. 4 Red Bull Leipzig coasted to a 2-0 win over Celtic in their crunch Europa League clash in Germany Credit: AFP "The 45-year-old suffered minor head injuries, but sought individual medical help." Celtic fans were also caught in a huge crush outside the Red Bull Arena. More than 5,000 supporters travelled to Germany to support the Hoops - but some missed the first 25 minutes of the game after they were crammed outside the stadium. The shocking scenes came less than two months after five Hoops fans were injured in a crowd crush before an Old Firm game at Parkhead. Scared supporters appealed to local police for help but claimed German cops LAUGHED at their plight. On the field, Brendan Rodgers’ men had an evening to forget after going down 2-0 to RB Leipzig in their Europa League crunch match. Inside the stadium, Hoops supporters were warned to stop letting off flares as thick smoke enveloped the pitch and threatened to delay the kick off. Leipzig stars Matheus Cunha and Bruma were their goal heroes on a night when Scotland’s champions suffered more away-day misery in Europe. most read in news 'OBSCENE' Scots racist who kneeled on pal's neck after George Floyd murder forced out home Breaking TRAGIC FIND Woman found dead as arrest made and 'forensics search next to River Clyde' Exclusive BLAZE TERROR Scots taxi boss horrified after wife's motor torched by fire maniacs Live Blog BUG LATEST Sturgeon 'undermined' COBRA meetings by 'babbling' on TV, says Cummings 'I FROZE' Scot nearly crashes car as giant huntsman spider crawls across windscreen NO-SHOW Quarter of vaccine appointments missed at major Scots jag hub COP RAIDS Scots cops seize heroin, crack cocaine and machetes in crackdown on 'cuckooing' VIRUS CLUSTER Scots school shut amid Covid outbreak with over TEN classes self-isolating HEARTBREAKING GoFundMe for popular young Scots footballer who died raises over £12k 'TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE' William & Kate enjoy chippy before drive-in cinema date in Scotland Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers fielded a makeshift side in the battle with several big names missing. But two sloppy goals meant they crashed to a 2-0 defeat in Germany and the Celtic manager insists the return game at Parkhead is MUST WIN for his troops. Peaky Blinders' Arthur Shelby declares love for Celtic in incredible video We pay for your stories and videos! Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun? Email us at scoop@thesun.co.uk or call 0141 420 5200