By Press Association
Published: 23:01 GMT, 21 February 2019 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 21 February 2019
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Brendan Rodgers claims Celtic's Europa League hopes were taken away by German referee Deniz Aytekin in the 1-0 defeat by Valencia in the Mestalla.
The Spanish side impressed in their 2-0 win in the first leg of the last-32 tie in Glasgow last week, but were second best in front of their own fans until the 37th minute when right-back Jeremy Toljan, on loan from Borussia Dortmund, was sent off for picking up the second of two bookings for a foul on Goncalo Guedes.
The 10-man Hoops kept going valiantly but were undone in the 70th minute by a goal from substitute Kevin Gameiro which gave the home side a 3-0 aggregate win.
Celtic's job became far tougher before the break when Jeremy Toljan was shown a red card
Afterwards Rodgers said: 'Yes I thought we were much the superior team up until that point. I think our shape and everything worked really well for us.
'We started the game ever so well, nice and tight defensively, pressing at the right times. We had confidence not just to keep the ball but we carried a threat in our penetration. It looked like we were going to get
