Celtic bounced back from a disappointing defeat away to Feyenoord last Tuesday with a dominative 3-0 victory over Livingston at the weekend. Despite going down to ten men, the Hoops came through unscathed thanks to goals from Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda, and Matt O’Riley.
Throughout, the Celts maintained control of the game, and manager Brendan Rodgers was rather pleased with how the proceedings went. He did recently admit that in earlier stages of the season, there was an era of ‘instability’ surrounding his team.
Rodgers talked to the press on Thursday and spoke about this. He said (Sky Sports): “I think over the course of the summer and probably early parts of the season, transfer window and everything there was probably that sense of instability.”
Such a sense of uncertainty has waned in recent times, though. The Scottish champions’ form has taken a positive upturn of late, and the manager thinks they have taken a notable progression. He said: “Now the team have taken a really big mental step forward and I think you see that in the performance, the determination, the intensity, and the quality is moving forward into the levels I want it to get to.”
Things are getting continually better for Celtic under Rodgers. The 50-year-old is slowly but surely getting the team to play the way he wants them to.
When they do hit top gear, the treble-winning champions will be a force to be reckoned with. Improved performances are transcending into better results, which only boosts the team’s confidence and the manager’s satisfaction.
