Celtic fans were very impressed with their young Irish defender on his European debut

An impressive European debut for Eoghan O'Connell.

Celtic secured a valuable 1-1 draw in their Champions League third-round qualifier away to Astana. Brendan Rodgers' side went behind to the side from Kazakhstan after 19 minutes following a defence mix-up on a corner. For long periods of the game, it appeared as though Celtic would be returning to Glasgow empty-handed. However, their chances of progression to the final qualifying round of Europe's top club competition was greatly aided by Leigh Griffiths' strike 12 minutes from full-time. The striker showed great composure to finish beyond the Astana 'keeper, following some good work down Celtic's right hand side by Patrick Roberts. https://twitter.com/ByTheMinCeltic/status/758324843594915840 It was the performance of Eoghan O'Connell that appeared to catch the eye the most in the game though. The 20-year-old defender from Cork, and cousin of former Ireland rugby captain Paul O'Connell, was drafted into the team due to Celtic's injury problems, but didn't look out of place. Hoops' fans were very impressed. https://twitter.com/tpin88/status/758322600212885504 https://twitter.com/CammyCosgrove/status/758324924696129538 https://twitter.com/pakeane1984/status/758324749986631680 https://twitter.com/Rachel_Lynchx/status/758324402765303808 https://twitter.com/JohnnyRae7/status/758324454187556865 https://twitter.com/RossMcGinley3/status/758324378446725120 https://twitter.com/ConorWisdom/status/758324284666343424 https://twitter.com/j4mcc4ll/status/758324251254546433 https://twitter.com/PadgeCregg/status/758324151492939776