Everything that Ange Postecoglou said to BT Sport after Celtic went down 3-0 at home to Real Madrid in the Champions League...

It was a breathless game you wanted to show your players in the best light - how did they do in your eyes?

They did not do too bad and the first goal was always going to be crucial. Up until that point we did well in the game and probably had the best opportunities. We handled their threats really well and we caused them some problems. Once the first goal went in we lost our composure a little bit and they have the quality to punish you.

We saw from your face that you had three really good opportunities, are those the fine margins at this level?

Absolutely yes. You are not going to get too many chances and we created really good ones. We were a bit unlucky with hitting the post and that is the fine margins. They were good enough to capitalise on theirs.

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We spoke to Callum McGregor who said there was some naivety on the players' part in the way the goals were conceded would you go along with that?

The first goal was always going to be crucial as it would have made either of us a little bit more uncomfortable in the game and it would have required the opposition to take some risks and they controlled the game really well after they scored. We had to chase the game a little bit which inevitably leaves spaces.

The atmosphere out there was absolutely outstanding - do you feel there is an appreciation from the fans that this time is moving in the right direction?

This is a really special football club and they showed it again tonight why that is so. Our responsibility is to give them a team they can be proud of and can compete at this level every year and that is our aim.

Has that performance given you a lot to think about in terms of looking ahead to the next European match?

There is not a lot to think about. I thought we competed well and we had our moments that we didn't capitalise on and that is something that the boys will learn from.