Champions League: Do Celtic ‘look ready for knockout football’?

With Dinamo suffering something of an injury crisis, Celtic went into the game as favourites, but never truly threatened on a tricky playing surface.

Rodgers conceded that there was a sense that one point could perhaps have been three, and progression to the knockout round could have even closer.

“The disappointment will be they’ve not created as many chances as they’d have liked,” McFadden added. “It shows you how far they’ve come, that they’re disappointed to an extent.

“Nine points after six games. Before this started, you’d say that’s a great position for Celtic to be in.

“They are in an unbelievable position to finish exactly where they wanted to finish before this campaign kicked off.”

The players’ mood reflected that.

“We’ll take the point, but we came here for three,” defender Auston Trusty said. “It was a solid performance. We thought we could get more from the game.”

Trusty has been a big contributor to Celtic’s improved defensive displays on the continent, and his assertion that they came to Zagreb to win is indicative of more than just improved performances.

Celtic now expect to go away from home and win Champions League games.

That was almost unthinkable last season when they shipped 10 goals without scoring any of their own away from Parkhead.

As McFadden says, it shows just how far they have come.