Super Eagles’ defender, Efe Ambrose, scored into his own net as Celtic fell 3-1 to Barcelona in their International Champions Cup fixture in Dublin.
Celtic competed well with their La Liga opponents for large parts of the game at the Aviva Stadium but they were ultimately outclassed as Lionel Messi and co started pre-season in style.
The Scottish side could have taken the lead after just 15 seconds when Patrick Roberts capitalised on a mistake in the Barcelona defence but his left-footed effort curled just wide of the far post.
Barcelona soon made their opponents pay for that let-off as they took the lead after 11 minutes with Aleix Vidal setting up Arda Turan to find the top corner of the net from 25 yards.
The Scottish Premiership did have their equaliser just before the half-hour mark through Leigh Griffiths, who fired the ball into an empty net after Jose Antonio Martinez had mis-controled the ball into his path in front of his own goal.
They remained on level terms for just one minute and 27 seconds as Ambrose diverted the ball into his own net and Barcelona extended their lead just before half time through Munir.
A move involving Messi, Camara and Luis Suarez ended with the Uruguayan playing the ball across goal for the young attacker to send his shot into the roof of the net from three yards.
Before the start of the second half, Celtic made half-a-dozen substitutions and the injection of energy almost paid off when Moussa Dembele fired marginally wide shortly after the restart.
With 15 minutes remaining, Stuart Armstrong should have done better from 12 yards while Rogic fired wide from distance soon after another stoppage for substitutions.
The closing stages were played out in low-key fashion but neither side will be too concerned as they continued their preparations for the new season.
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