Celtic reached the Champions League group stages for the second successive season after beating Shakhter Karagandy in a dramatic play-off with an injury-time James Forrest goal.
The Hoops were trailing 2-0 to the Kazakhstan champions from the trip to Astana, but they treated their fans to a great European night in the east end of Glasgow.
Shakhter keeper Aleksandr Mokin made a series of good saves during the expected early onslaught but in the first of two added minutes at the end of the first half, Kris Commons thundered in a left-footed drive from 25 yards to give the home side the lead.
Last gasp shot: Forrest scores in stoppage time
Hero: Forrest celebrates as Celtic Park goes wild
Pile on: Celtic manager Neil Lennon joins in the celebrations after Forrest scored
Take that: Commons after scoring the opening goal for Celtic
Strike: Commons shoots from 25 yards
Back of the net: Shakhter Karagandy keeper Aleksandr Mokin can't stop Commons' strike
Roar: Forrest runs in delight after putting his side through to the Champions League group stages
Jump for joy: Lennon celebrates after a wild run down the touchline
Huddle: Celtic players celebrate their win at full time
VIKOSI:
Celtic: Forster, Matthews, Ambrose, Mulgrew, Lustig, Brown, Commons (Boerrigter 79), Ledley, Forrest (van Dijk 90), Samaras, Stokes.
Subs not used: Zaluska, Izaguirre, McGeouch, Balde, Watt.
Goals: Commons 45, Samaras 48, Forrest 90.
Booked: Ledley.
Shakhter Karagandy: Mokin, Vasiljevic, Poryvaev, Dzidic, SImcevic, Vicius, Malyi, Finonchenko (Zenkovich 83), Ghazaryan, Canas, Khiznichenko.
Subs not used: Pokatilov, Tarasov, Gabyshev, Baizhanov, Darabayev, Murtazaev.
Booked: Simcevic, Vicius, Zenkovich, Canas.
Attendance:
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway).
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