There's no doubt about it, Celtic must raise their game in order beat Manchester City on Tuesday evening.

On paper, Brendan Rodgers' side are no match for Pep Guardiola's multi-million-pound superstars.

At Celtic Park, the Bhoys can go some way to redressing that balance with the incredible support of their home fans, yet at the Etihad Stadium they have no such luxury.

Rodgers' side have performed admirably in the toughest group they possibly could have drawn and we reckon they're due a win in Group C.

Outside of demoralising defeats against a great Barcelona side, the Hoops have performed well against City and Monchengladbach earning draws against both sides so far.

So can they possibly go one step further and sign off the European campaign with a win? That's the question every Celtic fan is asking themselves today.

Here are THREE ways we think Brendan Rodgers' can win against Manchester City...

Capitalise on complacency and rotation

Manchester City are already through to the Champions League's Last 16 and as such have even less stake in Tuesday's game at Celtic. The Bhoys are at least playing for pride and looking to prove themselves, to Guardiola it's just a distraction.

We're expecting the Spanish manager to name a heavily rotated XI against the Hoops, especially after taking a title race blow to Chelsea on Saturday.

With a massive away fixture to last season's Premier League champions to come on Saturday, Guardiola can ill afford tired legs and injuries right now.

Rodgers' team are likely to be up for it to a greater extent with a commanding lead in the Scottish Premiership and the squad depth to deal with most teams domestically. If Celtic can take advantage of this then it could go a long way to securing victory.

Unleash Dembele

What's been clear with Moussa Dembele this season is that, while perhaps he's not the most consistent of performers, he turns up in the big games.

The striker actually hasn't scored a goal in open play since 26th October and is due a big performance with his levels dropping in recent weeks.

This would be the night to do that and we've already seen how Dembele can be used to devastating effect against Manchester City. The goals that fired the Hoops ahead at Celtic Park were a joy for every home supporter and we reckon he can turn it on in front of another big crowd to raise his reputation even higher than it is right now.

He may have an isolated evening at the tip of the Celtic attack, so Scott Brown, Stuart Armstrong and company will need to work hard to close the gap from midfield and support his strength in holding up the ball.

Defend like never before

Unfortunately for Celtic, their key deficiency in the Champions League this season has been their inability to defend against elite opposition.

Incredibly they've conceded 15 goals in the competition with almost half of them coming in the away match to Barcelona alone. We've seen this season that on their night the City attack can be as deadly as Barca's so it will require an almighty performance from the Celtic backline to keep Guardiola's team out.

If Celtic are to win, it will likely be led by an incredible defensive performance. The likes of Lustig and Izaguirre need to be disciplined in wide areas while Simunovic will have to have a career-defining performance in opposing City's central striker.