Brendan Rodgers on Celtic’s shock defeat to Red Imps

Brendan Rodgers’ first competitive fixture in charge at Celtic ended in humiliation as the Lincoln Red Imps defeated the Hoops 1-0.

Rated as the 451st best team in Europe, the side from Gibraltar stunned the Scottish champions in their Champions League qualifier.

Lee Casciaro, who’s daytime job is being a policeman, netted the eventual winner in the 47th minute, following a first half which ended goalless. It’s fair to say that the 34-year-old shocked the Celtic faithful.

The rest of the second half saw the visitors have continuous attempts on their opposition’s net, without being able to find a goal against the part-timers.

This fixture will now go down in sporting history for all the wrong reasons if you are a Celtic supporter.

Anything other than a win from the game would have been embarrassing for the former Liverpool and Swansea City manager, never mind a loss, however, he stated the complete opposite when talking to the media following the defeat.

[It was] a game that we dominated and had enough chances to score, but sometimes it can happen in games like that, one ball up the pitch and they’re in. We’ve given ourselves a bit of work to do. I saw enough from the game, we created enough to go through. Of course you never want to lose the game. You let the local team have their night, we press on, another week’s training and be better for it. There’s no embarrassment. We never took our chances and they took theirs. The second leg will be different.