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Swiss referee Stephan Klossner, who will be in charge of Celtic's return clash with Linfield on Wednesday, once abandoned a European game because a player was hit by a missile thrown by fans.

Celtic will face the Northern Irish champions after an explosive first leg in Belfast ended with the Scottish champions cruising to a 2-0 win.

There was controversy when a bottle from the crowd at Windsor Park was thrown at Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths as he attempted to take a corner kick.

Spanish referee Alejandro Hernandez incredibly booked the Scotland hero for delaying the restart of the game...much to the outrage of Celtic.

Now UEFA have acted to put no-nonsense Swiss whistler Klossner in charge of the powderkeg Parkhead clash and he has previous when it comes to dealing with missiles thrown from the crowd.

Two years ago, during a Europa League qualifier between Albanian side Kukesi and Polish champions Legia Warsaw, visiting midfielder Ondrej Duda was struck by an object from the crowd, later found to be a chunk of rock, while celebrating Legia's second goal.

Ref Klossner took the players off the pitch and he and the match delegate decided to abandon the tie, with the scoreline 2-1 in favour of the Poles. UEFA later awarded a 3-0 win to Legia.