Brendan Taking Bodies; Celtic Boss Brilliantly Hits Back at His Critics

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers this afternoon masterminded another Glasgow derby victory.

His side came away deserved 2-1 victors at Parkhead in what turned out to be a hugely entertaining affair.

Matt O’Riley opened the scoring 35 minutes in before a John Lundstram own goal doubled the Bhoys’ advantage.

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Cyriel Dessers got one back but Lundstram’s afternoon went from bad to worse moments later as he was sent off for a horrific tackle on Alistair Johnston.

The second half wasn’t as action-packed as the first but thankfully, O’Riley’s penalty miss didn’t come back to haunt him.

The Hoops saw the game out professionally and made it three victories out of a possible four in Glasgow derbies this campaign.

He has been criticised at points throughout the campaign, but Rodgers has come up trumps once again.

As expected, he was buoyant post-match today, detailing the 12-hour shifts he does at Lennoxtown.

The Irishman hit back at his critics who stated earlier in the campaign that he is ‘going through the motions’.

He said: [Clyde 1 Superscoreboard] “I heard somebody saying about ‘Brendan Rodgers going through the motions’ earlier on in the season.

“I get to work between half-seven and eight o’clock (in the morning) every day of my life. I leave the training ground between half-six and seven o’clock at night and then when I get home I have my dinner and I flip open the computer and probably look at more football.

“Now if that’s going through the motions, I want to know what every other manager because what is every other manager doing if I’m going through the motions.”

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