Neil Lennon will analyse his side’s “insipid” performance following Celtic’s 6-1 Champions League defeat by Barcelona in the Nou Camp on Wednesday night.
Brazil star Neymar scored a hat-trick as the visitors slumped to their heaviest defeat in Europe since they lost 5-0 away to Artmedia in a Champions League qualifier in 2005.
Celtic finished bottom of Group H with three points from six games and do not even have the safety net of the Europa League to look forward to in the new year.
Hoops boss Lennon said: “We will have to analyse it and look at the character which was there. The players didn’t do their jobs they were assigned to do.
“Barcelona were fantastic as we expected them to be but we were very poor. I wouldn’t say some players gave up but it certainly looked that way at times.
“I would never accuse a player of doing that but a lot of half-hearted performances and as a manager that was the most disappointing aspect of the whole game.
“There was no bravery on the ball tonight. We started off nervously and it looked like our heads went down at 2-0.
“We were weak and that has not been like us that is something I have to address going forward. It is a sore one and I am hurting a little bit, as are the players.”
Barca boss Gerardo Martino declared himself delighted with the quality of the performance.
He said: “Our play is improving all the time and I expect better by the end of the year. There is always room for improvement and that is what we are striving for.
“We have a bunch of players playing brilliant football and have been doing so for a long time.”