Celtic punished by former Aston Villa star as Benfica claim dominant win

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• Jhon Duran scored twice as Benfica cruised to a 4-1 win over Celtic in the Europa League on Thursday.
• The former Aston Villa striker opened the scoring from the penalty spot inside five minutes and then netted again in the 36th minute after Alexander Bah had doubled Benfica’s advantage.
• Camilo Duran pulled a goal back for Celtic just after the hour mark, but Benfica wrapped up the victory through Vangelis Pavlidis late on.
• Celtic have failed to take a point from their first two Europa League matches and now face an uphill task to qualify for the knockout stages.
• In contrast, Benfica have picked up maximum points from their opening two games.