John Ogu Buoyed By Team's Effort Despite Defeat in Champions League Qualifier

John Ogu combative midfielder has praised his Hapoel Beer Sheva team-mates’ effort despite being dumped out of this season’s UEFA ChampionsLeague campaign by Efe Ambrose’s Celtic.

Celtic survived a second-leg onslaught by Ogu and his team-mates to reach the Champions League group stage with a narrow 5-4 aggregate play-off win over the Israeli side.

The Nigerian international in a took to twitter after the game to express his pleasure over his side’s impressive display on the night which only proved a mere consolation at the end of the two-legged encounter.

Beaten 2-0 in Israel, Brendan Rodgers’ side progressed on the strength of their 5-2 win in Glasgow last week.