BRENDAN RODGERS hit back at some of the over the top criticism of his team after a poor display against Anderlecht.
The Celtic manager sighted that in today’s modern game and where Celtic are you’re always going to come in for criticism when you’re more on the level of an Ajax but people are comparing you to PSG.
“Where we are in terms of modern football, you look at the teams that we should be measured against like Ajax, who didn’t even qualify or the likes of Benfica who are running away with the league in Portugal but ended up with no points, and other teams,” he said.
“So it’s unfortunate that lots of people will measure us on PSG and Bayern Munich, which is totally unrealistic.
“I think what the players have done in these last 18 months from not qualifying to then finishing bottom of the Europa League to having a successful Champions League qualification campaign and now in the second campaign to qualify for European football after Christmas, I think it’s an achievement for them in terms of where we sit in football at this point in time.”
The display on Tuesday night may have brought out the more negative sides of the Celtic support – Brendan Rodgers is correct in what he’s saying. They are making progress in a world where Borussia Dortmund gained fewer points than Celtic in the Champions League.
