To relive Scott McDonald's glory night...

Scott McDonald pounced when Milan keeper Dida parried a Gary Caldwell drive from the edge of the box after a Kaka penalty had cancelled out Hoops captain Stephen McManus' opener.

"It's been a good night," Strachan told Sky One.

"Our footballers won the game for us, but not through football. Because they are playing the European champions, they cannot play exactly as they would like to.

"What they did when they gave the ball away and it didn't come off for them was they became good defenders.

"That gave us the platform to go on and win the game. I thought the players deserved a lot of credit."

Strachan picked out McDonald for particular praise as the Australian finally got his reward for a tireless performance in front of the Parkhead crowd.

"He had to play against two fantastic central defenders," Strachan said.

"He held the ball up well and when he gave it away, he was chasing. It was an easy night for them to play because they were physically stronger than us. It was raining which made the pitch heavy at times but they did their best and they saved us.

"We planned not to lose it in the first half so we planned not to win it in the second half. Fortunately for us, it worked out that way."

McManus admitted the win was crucial to Celtic's hopes of qualifying for the knockout phases.

He said: "It's always nice when you beat a top, top side. No matter who the opposition is when we come here it's important we get three points and it's especially important we picked three up in the group stages.

"We came here and we had a game plan. We know how good a side they are and you have to give them tremendous respect but I think at the same time you have to get at them and fortunately we had a good finish towards the end of it.

Milan claimed the ball hit McManus' hand before his effort crossed the line but the Hoops skipper insists referee Markus Merk made the correct decision to allow the goal to stand.

"If you look at it it's definitely not my hand. I knew that at the time," he said.

"It maybe wasn't the most beautiful looking goal but they all count and it's been vital for us tonight.

"The most important thing is the ball goes over the line, fortunately enough we have got two goals which is terrific for us."
To relive Scott McDonald's glory night...