Strachan: Fear factor not a problem

The Scottish champions are 3-2 down after the first match at Parkhead and need to win their first away game in the competition in one of the most famous stadiums in the world if they are to progress to the quarter-finals.

Strachan said: "There is nothing wrong with a bit of fear, it can push you on to great things. I hope they set out with fear, determination and excitement."

He added: "The important thing is not to turn that fear into panic. It is not far off a minor miracle needed but we need to score at some stage and if we do that, who knows what might happen?

"Barca played very well at Celtic Park but I thought we could have played better. We are looking for improvement individually and as a group."

Strachan joked as he further contemplated the enormity of the Hoops' task.

He said: "If we can all sit down and come up with a system that would be guaranteed to beat them we would probably end up with 14 players on the field."

Celtic captain Stephen McManus insists all the pressure is on Barcelona and the Scotland defender pointed to Scotland's shock European Championship qualifying win against France in Paris last September as evidence that football miracles do occasionally happen.

He said: "It's going to be a hard, hard game but all you can do is give it your best shot in places like this.

"We put a lot of hard work into that night in Paris and in football you never know what will happen."