Rod Stewart’s boozy admission ahead of Celtic’s Champions League clash went down a hit with the CBS Sports punditry team.
The Scottish giants lost 2-1 defeat at home to Bayern Munich in their play-off clash, although that is unlikely to have dampened the rock star’s spirits.
Ahead of the Celtic’s first Champions League knockout match since 2013, he spoke to pitchside reporter and former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel as part of CBS Sports’ coverage.
On his support for the Hoops, Stewart explained: “It’s like no other club, it really isn’t, and I’ve always supported Celtic. I really enjoy it.”
The interview soon took a turn, though, with the ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy’ singer admitting: “I’ve had a couple.”
His light-hearted comment left the CBS Sports studio in hysterics as the camera cut back to see Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards in fits of laughter alongside presenter Kate Scott.
There was still more chaos to come as Schemeichel moved the chat onto Celtic’s chances.
Asked if he thought the hosts could succeed in creating an upset, Stewart quipped: “Of course I do, otherwise I wouldn’t be here, Peter. Behave yourself.”
Richards then attempted to ask the 80-year-old about Schmeichel’s, son Kasper, who started in goal for Celtic having signed for the club in the summer.
Shouting from the studio, Richards asked Stewart: “Big Meeks here, can I just ask you what you think of Celtic’s goalkeeper?”
However, he could not hear the question, forcing Scott to wonder if Stewart even knew who ‘Big Meeks’ is.
The studio was once again left in hysterics as Stewart replied by asking: “Big knees?”
Once the match began, Celtic were able to keep their opponents at bay for much of the first half.
However, Bayern took the lead on the stroke of half-time through Michael Olise.
Harry Kane then doubled the visitors’ lead four minutes after the interval with his first career goal against a Scottish club.
A goal by Daizen Maeda on 79 minutes pulled one back for Celtic ahead of the second leg at the Allianz Arena, which takes place on Tuesday.
Bayern boss Vincent Kompany wasn’t taking the lead for granted.
“It’s cliche to say but it’s the first half of the game,” he said afterwards. “But overall it’s a really good result.
“I don’t think the fans have seen many losses here, especially in Europe, so we can appreciate the victory.
“This place, it’s very hard to explain but they have something special and that’s why we can value this win.
“We are pretty decent at home as well so we will look to play on that but we have this all important game at the weekend so we will switch the focus.”
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers took positives from the way his side saw out the game. “It’s a big goal for us. Not just the goal but for our confidence in the game,” he said.
“Once we started to be more aggressive in the game, then of course we were much better. To get the goal and push like we did in that last 20-25 minutes was pleasing.
“We were much better in our pressure at the top end of the pitch. We can take the ball better and then we started to move like we normally do. Then we get the goal and everything changes then. By the end, Bayern are happy for the final whistle.
“For a lot of our players, it’s their first time at this level. This season has been about getting the confidence. And like I say, that last 25 minutes, they’ll feel much better about themselves going into next week.
“Listen, it was always going to be a big challenge for us. We’re always going to be the underdog in this tie. You see their level, you see their quality.
“But we hung in there against a really, really tough side and we gave them problems. So we’ll take confidence from that.
“We’ll make sure we can play and just have that aggressive mindset. We have to defend well and we’re still right in the tie. There’s only one goal difference. So yes, it’s a big challenge. We know that. But it’s still a possibility.”
The winner of the tie is set to face either Bayer Leverkusen or Atletico Madrid in the last 16.
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