Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery accepted that his side and Bayern Munich will be favoured to advance from their Champions League group.
PSG and Bayern were drawn together along with Belgium and Celtic in Thursday's group-stage reveal in Monaco, and despite having to go up against the German giants, Emery said he was "happy with the draw."
"Bayern Munich are a very strong team. We will be the two favourites. After that, there are two teams who will want to pull off a surprise," Emery said. "Celtic are a very dangerous team at home. They have a great history, like Anderlecht, for whom we have the utmost respect.
"We want to show how strong we are in this group. Our aim is to finish top of the group, with all the respect we have for the other three teams, three clubs with great histories."
PSG will be under pressure to achieve better results in the Champions League this season after buying Neymar for a world-record €222 million this summer, and chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi said the task ahead will be challenging.
"I think it is not an easy draw, there are great clubs with us. Bayern Munich, of course, but also Anderlecht, against whom we played a few years ago, and Celtic, a prestigious club," he said. "But we want to play each game to win it. That is our aim.
"Our start to the season has been good, that is an important first step, but there is still a lot of work to do. We are happy with the team's performances right now. We need to win to be able to maintain that momentum and to stay on track."
Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti, who managed PSG from 2011-13, said he was eager for his side to test themselves against the French club.
"It's an exciting group with great teams and PSG the pick of them," he said. "That's a nice story for me to come up against my former club. Celtic have great support as everyone knows and Anderlecht are the Belgian champions so not one to underestimate. Three different but difficult opponents."
Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will be facing PSG and Celtic for the first time in his storied career.
"It's an interesting draw. PSG is of course a cracker -- I've never played them before so am really looking forward to it," he said. "I'll also be facing Celtic for the first time. Celtic Park is known for its amazing atmosphere so this draw gets me excited for the fans too.
"Anderlecht aren't easy opponents either and we can't underestimate them. They've claimed some big scalps in the past so we have to ready for that."
But despite the significant challenge ahead, Celtic assistant manager Chris Davies insisted the Scottish club are not just fighting for third place and a Europa League spot.
"What I will say is that with what we can deliver, especially at home and with the way the managers prepares the team, we will certainly go into games confident that we can get results," he said.
"We are certainly not there in any way shape or form to resign ourselves to fighting for third place. That's not what you do at a club like this and it is just not how Brendan [Rodgers] works."