Celtic have been warned their Europa League battle with AZ Alkmaar is not done and dusted as manager Pascal Jansen insists he's got several trump cards still to play.
The Dutch side suffered a 2-0 defeat in Glasgow on Wednesday night, with Ange Postecoglou's side generating their sizeable advantage thanks to Kyogo Furuhashi and an own goal.
But Jansen insists his team will be rejuvenated by a weekend off, sanctioned by the Eredivisie, and the return from suspension of key attacker Jesper Karlsson.
He maintains his side put in a solid shift despite the loss and that it's all to play for across in the Netherlands.
Jansen said: "The rest this weekend will do us a lot of good.
"Remember we have Jesper Karlsson back after suspension for the second leg. He is a player who can score and create chances.
"I actually thought we gave a good account of ourselves in a special atmosphere in Glasgow.
"I know we can score goals. I am confident about the return leg back home. In Alkmaar we have to make sure that we score that first goal, then it gets even more exciting.
"A 2-0 defeat used to be a bad result, but with the abolition of the away goal, you can say it's a more even tie."
Midfielder Dani de Wit echoed those sentiments as he insisted the whole Alkmaar squad believes a comeback is possible at home to Celtic.
He added: "We are all disappointed with the result because we hoped for a better scoreline.
"But even at 2-0, none of us think it's over because we still have the second leg to come and we believed we have goals in us.
"We have scored enough goals in pre-season and we have guys who can score. We know we can do it. We created two massive chances in Glasgow and didn't take them. That could have changed the tie."
