"No one gave us a prayer going into this group," said manager Neil Lennon, who was unable to watch as Kris Commons converted the penalty which secured victory against FC Spartak Moskva and sent Celtic into the UEFA Champions League knockout stages. The Bhoys defied expectations throughout, with emerging talents such as Victor Wanyama, Fraser Forster and Tony Watt to the fore. They gained a first away win in the competition, at the 21st attempt, in Moscow on matchday two, before a stunning 2-1 victory against FC Barcelona at a jubilant Celtic Park. Despite those two results, SL Benfica were second going into the final game, but as they were held by Barça, Commons' strike sparked Celtic joy. For captain Scott Brown, this is just the beginning: "I don't see why we can't go further in the competition."
Goal: Ivan Krstanović (GNK Dinamo Zagreb):
Such was the delirium that ensued after Krstanović's 95th-minute penalty against FC Dynamo Kyiv you could have been mistaken for thinking Dinamo had won the UEFA Champions League. In fact, the forward had just earned the Croatian side their first point in this season's tournament – his goal ending a ten-hour drought in UEFA competition − and ensured Modri avoided equalling RSC Anderlecht's unwanted record of 12 successive group stage defeats. Krstanović's celebrations in the snow, shirt above head and mobbed by jubilant team-mates, were a sight to behold. "We all knew the negative records, but we managed to score," said the 29-year-old. "For the penalty, I just took the ball and didn't think too much."
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