Taylor knows all about that 1974 encounter but he insists the squad are focused on making the right headlines this time.
But he wants Celtic to create some of their own for the right reasons against a club that booted his predecessors off the Parkhead pitch nearly half a century ago. The left-back’s face lights up at the prospect of facing one of Europe’s elite clubs in the continent’s top tournament, even if he got a front-row view of two of Atletico’s star turns over the last fortnight and saw for himself just how devastating Alvaro Morata and Antoine Griezmann can be.
“I think it was quite an iconic game for the cards and the tackles, etc. Hopefully it’s an iconic game tomorrow night but not for those reasons – for a win for us.” “I played against Griezmann and watched Morata when I was on the bench for Scotland. Two top players. Griezmann found pockets all over the pitch and was very difficult to pick up. He is a real clever player and we will need to watch him.
“They have a lot of players who have won a lot of the major honours. So we know they will be difficult to beat and they will compete well but we want to do the same. We do our analysis with the coaches and the manager, to see what Atletico do over the piece. We are really well prepared and have a great team behind us.
“I’m very wary of that because it’s not what the fans deserve. As you’ll see on Wednesday night it will be an unbelievable atmosphere and we know how special that is. We want to give them results to match it, not just elements of performance. There’s been many special nights here but we want to create our own history.
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