Brendan Rodgers names his favourite Celtic performance
The Parkhead side's landmark win came against a Leipzig team flying high in the Bundesliga at the time.
Despite Christoph Baumgartner putting the visitors ahead in the 23rd minute, Celtic mounted a comeback.
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Nicolas Kuhn netted twice before half-time, giving Celtic the lead, and Reo Hatate sealed the victory with a goal with just under 20 minutes left.
Rodgers said on Sky Sports' end-of-season Celtic programme: "That's my favourite performance of the season.
"Because at the very highest level, we had taken on a team who had an outstanding manager in Marco Rose, Leipzig, who had been in the Champions League for a number of years and had some fantastic players, and we demonstrated at the highest level every part of our game.
"We went behind in the game.
"We showed the courage to counter-press and press the game.
"We go 2-1 up at half-time, then go 3-1 up.
"In the second half, we played some amazing football."
Celtic went on to finish 21st in the league phase of the Champions League.
They qualified for the knockout-stage play-off but were eliminated by Bayern Munich due to a last-minute goal from Alphonso Davies.
Rodgers' side will now face a play-off to qualify for the Champions League in the upcoming season.
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