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On Wednesday morning, Greater Manchester Police’s City Centre twitter feed said: “Man arrested Drunk & Disorderly throwing hamburger at police horse ManCity v celticfc got £90 fine”.

Asked whether he felt wanted at City, Roberts added: “Yes, of course. We will think about him at the end of the season”. “It’s no good that Moussa Dembele knows that I know he can jump as high as this room. It is about what you do on the pitch, not how much you cost”.

A £12million signing from Fulham in July 2015, Roberts expects to return to City next June.

Celtic’s English midfielder Patrick Roberts (R) shoots past Manchester City’s English defender Oluwatosin Adarabioyo (C) to score his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League group C football match between Manchester City and Celtic at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, northern England, on December 6, 2016.

City had already qualified in second place and Celtic knew they would finish fourth in their group no matter the result in Manchester, but loanee winger Roberts finished well after an enterprising run to put the Hoops ahead early on.

That ability to “go missing” is resonated in the whole team though, as shown by yet another slump in form this campaign, following what appeared to be a promising start back in September.

“They call me, text me – I saw someone on Monday and they sat down with me for a while”, added Roberts. “I’ve just seen Michael O’Neill being carried out on a stretcher”, was the Irishman’s dry retort. Matches are on TV as well.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers admits it will be hard to improve their Champions League performances given the financial limitations – but he will leave no stone unturned in his quest to do so. It’s no good him sitting on the bench. “We have to continually evolve”.

“Everyone wrote us off in the group, but we’ve shown our character against City at home and Gladbach away and here again”. If we get a really talented player there’s probably a cycle of a couple of years with them.

“There is great expectation at Celtic”. From a selfish standpoint, of course I would like to play in every game. Antonio Conte’s side laid down an impressive statement of intent as they cut City apart on the counter after going behind to a Gary Cahill own goal on the stroke of half time. You have to have the mentality to overcome that.

The 13-year-old is considered a star for the future and Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers is undoubtedly keen to keep hold of him rather than lose him before he’s even had a chance to break into the first team.

Celtic will have to go through qualifying rounds and the like for some time now thanks to the lowly coefficient ranking of the Scottish game these days.

“You can see it in terms of the quality of the football, how composed they are at that level and the belief they have at the level which is very, very important”.