Brendan Rodgers has provided an injury update on three of Celtic's key defenders.
Cameron Carter-Vickers hasn't featured since being withdrawn late into a UEFA Champions League win over Slovan Bratislava on September 18.
While Greg Taylor was substituted at half-time of Celtic's midweek defeat to Borussia Dortmund because of a calf issue.
Alistair Johnston's wellbeing was also questioned having been omitted from the Canadian international squad to 'rehab' an injury, which is believed to be a stiff back.
“Cam’s still not available," the Celtic manager said during Friday's press conference. "We’re hoping that Cam will be ready for after the international break.
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“Greg Taylor will miss the game for a slight problem in his calf, so he’ll miss out. Greg probably won’t be too far after [the international break].
“Ali’s fine, he’d come off with a stiff back, but he trained this morning, so he’s okay.”
In other news, Rodgers has dismissed any notion that he was naive with the way he set Celtic up prior to being thrashed 7-1 by Dortmund on Tuesday night.
The Northern Irishman stated: “I'm experienced enough to know that when the stakes are high and you get high-level competition, that sometimes you have to expect defeat.
“If you don't, you're a dreamer. And if you dream in management, you won't be in it long.
"It's great for everyone to dream, and for critics to look and think what the scores might be. But as a manager, at times against the Champions League finalists, you might expect that you might actually lose. But we'll learn from it and be better for it.”
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