Brendan Rodgers is hoping to see an “aggressive” Celtic side against Atalanta on Wednesday night.

After a comfortable win over Slovan Bratislava in their opening Champions League match of the season, Celtic were beaten 7-1 by Borussia Dortmund in their most recent European outing.

And after Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Aberdeen domestically, Rodgers wants to see a reaction from his players in northern Italy against a team he was full of praise for.

“Listen, you can always concede goals,” Rodgers said. “It’s all down to looking at us in the press, and it’ll be a totally different game.

“Atalanta, having played them before and obviously seen them play, it’s a totally different game. They’re probably the best man-to-man marking team in world football, how they work.

“The football will be different, but we’ve already had that.

“If you’re not quite on it, and you’re not compact, and you’re not tight, and you’re not aggressive, you can get punished at the very highest level.”