THE most famous day in Celtic’s history saw them coming back from goal down to unpick a pragmatic Italian club side with a swashbuckling passing play and last night it was Neil Lennon’s side’s turn to complete the unlikely Italian job which left a bewildered Lazio side reeling. What at one stage seemed sure only to be a setback to the Parkhead side’s hops of reaching the knockout stages turned on the 67th minute mark with an equaliser from Ryan Christie and became a night to remember, courtesy of a last minute headed winner from Christopher Jullien. But what else did we learn from a night which consolidated Celtic’s hold of top spot in their section to leave them in the box seat for a place in the last 32 of Europe’s secondary club competition?

ROPE A DOPE ROMANS

Simone Inzaghi was a master of getting goals out of nothing during his playing days and his team appeared to have inherited some of his traits. These two sides were essentially cancelling each other out when the Italians cut them apart on the counter attack as half time approached. Ryan Christie’s shot on the edge of the Italian’s box was blocked, and the highly-rated Sergej Milinkovic-Savic saw the possibilities with an early pass into Felipe Caicedo. The former Manchester City forward found his strike partner Joaquin Correa, whose pass for the run of Manuel Lazzari exploited the space where Boli Bolingoli might have been. While the wing back’s near post finish was high into the roof of the net, Fraser Forster might have felt he could have done better.

NO LOVE LOST

Lazio’s fans arrived in Glasgow with an infamous reputation, with their Stadio Olimpico ground already scheduled to be partially closed for Celtic’s visit there next month as a consequence of racist chanting. Perhaps knowing another infraction of Uefa’s rules would have caused a full stadium closure, Celtic’s fans took the opportunity to show their displeasure about the antics of their opposite numbers. If a giant banner which read ‘Lazio Vaffanculo’ and repeated chants of 'F*** Lazio' seemed more of a provocation than anything else, it was certainly the home fans who got the last laugh here.

JULLIEN JUSTIFYING HIS PRICE TAG

Eyebrows were raised when Celtic spent £7m to bring this hulking 26-year-old defender over from Toulouse but displays like this make that kind of cash look a bargain. Excellent defensively as well as in possession, a couple of his long passes, first to Ryan Christie and then to Odsonne Edouard, were things of beauty.

Then came the piece de resistance, as he climbed highest from a floated Ryan Christie corner to nod the ball into Thomas Strakosha’s bottom corner. If he times his leap right, he takes some stopping.

RYAN GETS HIS REWARD

Still with one match of his domestic suspension to serve against Aberdeen this Sunday, Ryan Christie looked like a man with energy to burn but it seemed as though it was going to be one of those nights for him. Not only did his blocked shot lead to Lazio’s opener, he had a couple of second half chances which didn’t ripple the back of the net.

He kept getting in where it hurts, though, and eventually got his goal. Lazio’s defenders were too petrified by Edouard’s quick feet that they left him unguarded some 15 yards out and Christie’s left boot did the rest. Another cute flick was volleyed wide by Edouard but all that was forgotten after Celtic’s winner.

FRASER FORSTER COMES UP BIG

The English goalkeeper might not have been happy with the role he played in Lazio’s opener but he didn’t half redeem himself here. With Lazzari spoiling Bolingoli’s night down that left flank, the Englishman had to be at his best to stop Lazio captain Marco Parolo from one of the wing back's low crosses from the right.

The big goalkeeper, who once defied Barcelona here to play his way into England contention, put off Correa enough for him to roll the ball off the foot of a post then made a miracle save at the death to defy a Howitzer of a volley from Italian sub Danilo Cataldo.