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Celtic's Champions League aspirations were dealt a heavy blow by defeat in Brussels to 10-man Anderlecht.
The home side threatened when Aruna found room behind the Celtic defence to meet a Walter Baseggio
cross but his header was comfortably gathered by Hedman.
With 25 minutes gone Anderlecht were reduced to 10 men when De Boeck received his second yellow card. The experienced centre half was booked for a scything tackle on Henrik Larsson and was then penalised for tugging at the shirt of John Hartson.
Larsson came close to finding the net with a header from an Alan Thompson corner and, soon after, Anderlecht keeper Daniel Zitka pulled off a marvellous save to block another close-range header from the Swede. Hartson nodded in the rebound from a yard out but the Welshman was ruled offside.
Larsson was then denied a penalty when Deschacht sent him sprawling in the area.
Eight minutes before half time Chris Sutton controlled a long ball from Didier Agathe on his chest and his flashing shot on the turn whistled just over the crossbar.
With 18 minutes remaining, Celtic fell behind when Christian Wilhelmsson flew down the right flank and cut back for Aruna to fire past Hedman from a central position 10 yards out.

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Anderlecht:- Zitka, Deschacht, De Boeck, Zewlakow, Baseggio, Kolar (Tihinen 90), Hasi, Wilhelmsson (Hendrikx 88), Mornar, Aruna, Kompany.

Subs Not Used:- Peersman, Vanderhaeghe, Zetterberg, Traore, MacDonald.

Goal:- Aruna 72.

Sent Off:- De Boeck (26).

Booked:- De Boeck, Hendrikx.



Celtic:- (3-5-2)
Hedman, McNamara (Valgaeren 46), Balde, Sutton, Varga, Agathe, Petrov, Lennon (Miller 80), Thompson, Larsson, Hartson.

Subs Not Used:- Douglas, Gray, Sylla, Maloney, Kennedy.

Booked:- Petrov, Larsson.

Attendance:- 21.835

Referee:- Fritz Stuchlik (Austria).

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