ANGE POSTECOGLOU has lauded the ‘incredible’ emotion created by the Celtic fans as his side cruised to a comfortable win over FK Jablonec.

A near-capacity crowd was welcomed back to Celtic Park for the first time in 18 months, and they were rewarded for their backing with a David Turnbull double and a late third from James Forrest which moved Celtic a step closer to the Europa League group stages.

It was the first time that Postecoglou had experienced such an atmosphere since his arrival in Glasgow, and the night had a massive impact on the Australian.

“The emotion was incredible,” Postecoglou said. “I guess both on the park and more importantly, off the park. The fans created something special.

“I thought our performance was ok. We started really well, we fed off the energy in the stadium and created some good chances and scored a goal.

“We lost our way a little bit, but second half we picked it up again and it was a real good job.

“We’ve got a really heavy schedule to maintain this sort of intensity, and a full house in here certainly helps us.”

Postecoglou was delighted that his players showed bravery on the ball and thrived on such a big occasion for the club.

“It’s part of who we want to be,” he said. “We’ve got to be a team who shows no fear, tries to play our football and dictate the game.

“It’s not easy to do to be fair, and I do put a lot of responsibility and expectation on the players to do that, but the other side of it is you get great rewards if you’re prepared to be brave.

“These last few games we’ve got great rewards from it.”