Carter-Vickers <\/a>was let off the hook midway through the second half after Brazilian striker Edmilson pounced on a rare mistake and nearly pulled off an audacious 40-yard chip over Kasper Schmeichel.<\/p>\n![\"Celtic](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_Celtic-v-Kairat-UEFA-Champions-League-Play-Offs-First-Leg-Celtic-Park.jpg\")
Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel watches Kairat’s Edmilson attempt on goal go over the crossbar(Image: PA)<\/p>\n
The American said: \u201cWhen he hit it, I thought straight away it was going over, so I wasn\u2019t too worried.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just one of those moments that happen. The ball rolled under my foot on halfway and he decided to have a go.<\/p>\n
\u201cKairat have done well to get here. They\u2019ve come through three qualifying rounds to get here, so you have to respect that. They have a cohesion and a compactness that makes them a well-organised team to play against.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we can definitely play better than we did at home and if we do, I think we\u2019ll win.”<\/p>\n
An exhausting 10-hour flight to the border of China to reach the promised land of the league phase is far from ideal.<\/p>\n
But Carter-Vickers said: \u201cA lot of the boys here play internationally, so we\u2019re used to flying long distances. Wherever we go, it\u2019s just something we have to deal with and get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barely a plane load of Hoops supporters will make the treacherous trip east.<\/p>\n
However, the green-and-white faithful made their voices heard on Wednesday night by letting rip at the board for ignoring Rodgers\u2019 pleas for signings while sitting on tens of millions of pounds.<\/p>\n
Carter-Vickers added: \u201cI don\u2019t hear much from off the pitch. The game has all my focus.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fans have a right to react however they want, but it’s our job to stay professional and deal with the job in hand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The stopper believes Celts were far too pedestrian in Wednesday night’s goalless Champions League playoff stalemate 18:45, 21…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7336,16602,2817,1669,59,8058,11728,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-84290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-brendan-rodgers","tag-cameron-carter-vickers","tag-celtic-fc","tag-champions-league","tag-gb","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-scottish-professional-football-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"(L-R)](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_Celtic-v-Kairat-Almaty.jpg\")
(L-R) Celtic’s James Forrest, Kieran Tierney, Adam Idah and Cameron Carter-Vickers (Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n