Baur calls for Celtic unity amid Champions League misery

Celtic midfielder Mika Baur has stressed the need for the squad to stick together in adversity and look forward to the consolation prize of the Europa League. The 22-year-old German started both legs against LASK - his first starts for the club - but like most of his team-mates, was considerably less impressive as Celtic blew a four-goal advantage to lose 5-4 after extra time to miss out on Champions League football. Baur acknowledged afterwards this was one of the toughest moments of his short career. "Yeah, it is, but I really try to be sad at the moment and today. But we still play Europa League," he said. "We still have a lot going on in Scotland. So yeah, we need to move on tomorrow, stay together, and we need to come back and try better on Saturday. "We had a really tough day, we lost a big match, but we have to move on. We need to stay together even closer than before. It's a tough time now but I think the team is capable." Martin O'Neill said after the game he took full responsibility for the outcome, but Baur admitted the players also needed to accept criticism. "I think everybody should start by himself. So even me, every player needs to ask himself, did I do everything right? And to be able to see what he has to do better," he said. "Before the match and also the days before, everybody was really clear on what we had to do. We spoke about that." Baur had also spoken before the match about how the lure of Champions League football had been part of the reason he joined from Paderborn. "I'm still very, very happy with the decision," he said afterwards. "I know and I hope I will have a great time here. I still had two incredible weeks now and I'm looking forward to everything that's coming next. "I'm still very, very happy with this decision to come here to Celtic."