Overview
- Three goals in an eight-minute first‑half burst from Martin Erlic, Mikel Gogorza and Franculino Dju decided the match in Herning.
- The victory keeps Midtjylland top of the Europa League league phase with four wins from four.
- Martin O’Neill suffered his first defeat since taking interim charge of Celtic after back‑to‑back domestic wins over Falkirk and Rangers.
- Celtic slipped to 25th in the league-phase table, leaving progression to the knockout rounds in jeopardy with four games to play.
- Teenager Callum Osmand, added to the European squad to cover long‑term absentee Cameron Carter‑Vickers, won a late penalty converted by Reo Hatate before being stretchered off with an apparent hamstring injury.