It was a night of emotion as supporters packed into Paradise to cheer on the team. In the event, Ange Postecoglou’s side produced another superb display of attacking football, scoring three goals without reply to give the Hoops a 7-2 aggregate win over FK Jablonec.

It puts Celtic into the Europa League play-off round, where they will face AZ Alkmaar, with the first leg at home next week.

For the manager and his players, it was another great experience of Celtic Park, with a sell-out crowd generating a superb atmosphere, which was matched by a strong showing from the team.

Speaking after the game, Ange Postecoglou said: “The emotion was incredible, on the park and, more importantly, off park, and the fans created something special.

'We started really well and fed off the energy in the stadium and we created some good chances and scored a goal.'

“We lost our way a little but then in the second half we picked it up and it was a real good job.

We’ve got a really heavy schedule to maintain this sort of intensity and having a full house in here certainly helps us.”

The Celtic players showed great bravery on the ball throughout the 90 minutes, always with a view to implementing the style of play that the manager wants.

In turn, he has been pleased with the way that his team has played in recent games.

“It’s part of who we want to be,” the Celtic boss said.

'We’ve got to be a team that shows no fear and tries to play our football and dictate the game.'

“It’s not easy to do, to be fair, and I do put a lot of responsibility and expectation on the players to do that. The other side of that is that you do get great rewards if you’re prepared to be brave, and I think that these last two or three games, we’ve got our rewards for it.”

The three goals against Jablonec mean that the Hoops have scored 13 goals in their last three goals, with James Forrest and David Turnbull with a double on the scoresheet in tonight’s win.

At the other end, Joe Hart, who was by far the quieter of the goalkeepers, still produced a couple of superb saves in the second half when Jablonec pushed for a goal.

“He’s a top quality goalkeeper and he was there when we needed him tonight,” the manager said, “and aside from that, he has a real presence around the place and he’s very motivated to have success and that’s the kind of people we need here.”

And of his impressive midfield trio of McGregor, Turnbull and Rogic, the Hoops boss added: “They were great. I thought Tommy was outstanding tonight, both on and off the ball. David’s been great but I think he gets a bit hard on himself if he doesn’t score, and for him to get a couple of goals tonight is super for him.

“And Cal’s just a great orchestrator in there of understanding what we need and the tempo we need, and again, he did well.”

Manager: Fans created something special tonight