Brendan Rodgers believes Celtic’s 5-1 Champions League thrashing of Slovan Bratislava was “vindication” for the board who backed him closely within the switch window.
Summer time signings Arne Engels and Adam Idah, who price the membership a mixed £20.5m in the summertime, each netted as Celtic earned their first opening-game victory within the competitors.
“The other night was a great vindication for everyone,” mentioned Rodgers forward of Sunday’s League Cup tie in opposition to Championship aspect Falkirk.
“For the board and the money they’ve spent, they will have enjoyed watching the team.
“For the supporters watching the sport, they noticed the verve within the group, the dynamism, the attacking soccer.
“They noticed every little thing they might need within the group. For the gamers themselves, they had been on the pitch doing an excellent job.
“They had been combating for the group, combating for his or her membership and producing nice soccer which is the demand right here.
“So I think everyone was vindicated.”
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Rodgers seems forward to dealing with outdated colleague John McGlynn and responds to some excessive reward from the Falkirk boss
Alistair Johnston, who performed 77 minutes in opposition to Bratislava, missed coaching on Friday with Rodgers hinting there may very well be group adjustments for the go to of Falkirk.
“We’ve got a few players with niggles so we will have a look at that and assess that by end of play tomorrow (Saturday). We won’t take any risks with one or two,” he added.
“It was the second day of recovery as well so there was a group of the players out recovering and a group training hard and then one or two inside just making extra recovery inside rather than out.”
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