Adam Idah blasted a Champions League double but Aston Villa’s Premier League class saw Celtic fall short in a thrilled at Villa Park.

Brendan Rodgers men had nothing to lose with their spot in the knockout stages already in the bank with a game to spare.

But they managed to give the EPL big guns a scare by roaring back from a nightmare start to leave Unai Emery’s men sweating on their top eight place.

The depleted Hoops – who were without key men Cameron Carter-Vickers and Daizen Maeda – couldn’t hold out though as the Midland side’s power told in the second period.

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