KIERAN TIERNEY was hailed by manager Brendan Rodgers as a player that ‘loves Celtic’ on a landmark night for the teenager.

Just over three months after his 19th birthday, the young left-back was one of the brightest lights of a star-studded Hoops team that claimed a famous 3-3 draw with Manchester City in the Champions League.

It was the former academy kid that got burst forward on 21 minutes to bury a shot – via a deflection off Raheem Sterling – beyond Claudio Bravo to put Celtic 2-1 ahead, and it was the Scotland starlet’s cross just moments into the second half that led to Moussa Dembele grabbing his team’s third.

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Tierney made a name for himself last season on the continent with some eye-catching displays in the Europa League. But on a night of high drama in Europe’s top competition, the teenager’s name rang out loudly as he played a key role in this hard-fought point.

“I was impressed with him but also in terms of how we asked him to set up,” said Rodgers. “He was set up to get forward but was also up against one of the best players in the Premier League in Raheem Sterling.

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“He did so well for the second and the third goal. He got the assist for Moussa and he was disappointed he didn’t get awarded the goal for our second [it was judged to be an own goal off Sterling].

“He’s a young player who is in a real good place. He loves Celtic. Every pass he makes is for Celtic, ever header he makes is for Celtic. He’s a young player who is developing very well.”

Rodgers has been in the Parkhead hot seat since May but he admitted that the ‘European Night’ experience took him by surprise.

The decibel level before and during the game went through the roof as a sell-out Paradise crowd roared their team on, and their gaffer was honest enough to admit that, along with the terrific attacking play of his players, the partisan crowd formed a two-pronged attack to put City on the back foot.

“It’s a noise I’ve never heard before since coming up here,” admitted the Northern Irishman.

“I think of all the games that we’ve had here. I’ve played around the world with teams with great atmospheres.

“But there is sheer passion. I was a Celtic supporter so I understand how passionate they are here, but it’s when you come here that you actually realise why players throughout the world that play for different teams talk about the atmosphere here.

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“You can see the level of support for the team when we play to that level. It’s very difficult for a team even of Manchester City’s quality.

“You can say actually say that a Celtic supporter really is like a 12th man. Tonight the atmosphere was electric. It was an incredible evening for us and they helped us produce the performance that we did.”