{
  "id": 16461921,
  "title": "Celtic’s decline and fall in European football is “thoroughly depressing”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/celtics-decline-and-fall-in-european-football-is-thoroughly-depressing",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-25T10:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/celtic-decline-fall-european-football-104300923.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former striker Chris Sutton has described Celtic's decline and fall from grace in European football as \"thoroughly depressing\". Celtic suffered a 5-4 aggregate defeat against LASK in the Champions League playoff, leading to their relegation to the Europa League. Ongoing defeats to Ferencvaros, Benfica, and Celta Vigo have left Celtic sitting in second bottom spot in the table. Sutton believes the defeats were predictable and criticized O'Neill's personnel decisions, particularly the lack of a strong bench. The goalkeeping situation has also been a concern, with Sam Johnstone and Viljami Sinisalo showing inconsistent performances.",
  "summary": "Celtic’s decline and fall from grace in European football has been described as “thoroughly depressing” by former striker Chris Sutton…Cameron Carter-Vickers of Celtic reacts after the UEFA Ch...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}