Scottish Premiership leaders Celtic rebounded from its final UEFA Champions League match on Wednesday with American defender Auston Trusty shining in Bergamo.

Trusty logged 90 minutes as Brendan Rodgers’ squad earned one level in a 0-0 draw with Serie A hosts Atalanta. It marked a bounce-back outcome for Celtic, who suffered a 7-1 hammering by the hands of Borussia Dortmund on Matchday 2.

“Dortmund was simply a type of video games,” Trusty stated postmatch in an interview. “The fantastic thing about soccer is that there’s all the time one other sport, you may react and present the world what staff you actually are.

“Typically you simply have these nights, and clearly that’s an evening we’d by no means need to see once more or really feel once more,” he added. “That put a pit in our stomachs, so we needed to return out right here and present the world what we are able to do and what sort of staff we actually are.”

Celtic held agency regardless of Atalanta’s fixed strain all through the match. Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel made six saves to earn a street clear sheet whereas Trusty continued his partnership with Liam Scales.

Trusty made 14 clearances, six recoveries, and received three duels in his fourth begin for the membership.

Regardless of Cameron Carter-Vickers’ continued absence from the squad, Trusty has crammed in properly for his U.S. males’s nationwide staff teammate. He’ll goal to proceed holding down the spot, even after Carter-Vickers returns.

Celtic will resume Premiership play on Sunday at Motherwell earlier than closing its October schedule on Oct. 30 vs. Ross County.