Brendan Rodgers: Celtic have to 'leave everything out there' against Bayern Munich

Brendan Rodgers says Celtic will aim to give everything as they attempt to beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League play-off second leg – and he believes “anything is possible” in the Allianz Arena.

The teams meet on Tuesday night in Germany, with Bayern holding a 2-1 lead from the first leg in Glasgow, and heavy favourites to progress to the last 16.

Michael Olise and Harry Kane had given the visitors a 2-0 lead in Glasgow but Daizen Maeda’s goal and a late spell of pressure and attack showed that Celtic can give their elite opposition real problems.

Rodgers pointed to Maeda’s goal as proof that his side has the capability to hurt the Bundesliga giants and says it put a different complexion on the second half.

“Clearly we won’t be the favourites for the tie, but everything is possible,” the Celtic manager said.

“I think the goal we scored brings a different view of the game. Coming in at 2-1 compared to 2-0 is quite a big difference.

“But we knew that over the two legs, we would have to play really well to come through.”

That goal means a single-goal victory for Celtic in Munich on Tuesday would force extra-time and possibly penalties, and a win by more than one goal would see the Scottish champions progress in the competition on the back of one of Celtic’s greatest victories.

Rodgers knows that’s a tough challenge for his side, but he said the first job had been to keep the tie alive for the second leg, and now they would take it from there.

“That was the key for us in the first leg,” he said. “When you’re playing over two legs, it’s important that you have the opportunity and chance to do that.

“So we had to be smart, and we’ll have to be smart again tomorrow in the game.

“But we have players that can score goals. I think for us we defended well and didn’t give so much away and were disappointed with the goal that we conceded. Just on the timings and especially the second goal.

“So we know we can defend at this level and it’s just having that courage to go and play our game. That will be key for us tomorrow.”

The manager shrugged off talk that Bayern’s prolific striker Harry Kane may not be fit to play, and didn’t give anything away about his own selection, with a number of in-form forwards to choose from.

But Rodgers did say that his side was aiming for a victory and would give it their all with any outcome possible.

“It’s a beautiful pitch and the arena is amazing to come and play in,” he said.

“It’s the second leg, so we want to make sure we leave everything out there on the field.

“Anything is possible in the game, and hopefully, we can produce a performance that gives us the result in the end.”