Rodgers speaks highly of resilient Celts after Pittodrie win

Brendan Rodgers was in high spirits after his side clinched all three points in a 2-0 win over Aberdeen earlier today.

A great cross from James Forrest was headed home by Moussa Dembélé who opened the scoring after 37 minutes.

The Frenchman then made a great pass to Kieran Tierney who wasted no time in firing the ball past Woodman with seven minutes to go.

The Hoops boss highlighted the fact that his team had a lot of travelling to do over the past few days yet still showed up today. He also gave his verdict on the game overall when speaking to the media afterwards:

I thought it was a brilliant win for ourselves. We’re 72 hours back from Russia, arguably the toughest place to come away from, and to have an away game so soon afterwards. is tough I thought we dealt with everything really well though.

The first goal was a really great example of our players’ technical qualities on a really difficult surface. It was a great goal, good passing and movement and a great header by Moussa.

We had more chances and in the first half we controlled the game, second half we slowed the game down and played with a different tempo.

We showed real resilience and mentality to manage the game when we went down to 10 men and score a brilliant counter attacking goal.

It was always going to be a big game. They always are, they’re always great games against Aberdeen and when you play that day later there can be that little bit more pressure on you.

All in all, I’m really proud of the team, it’s always going to be a really tough game here. We know the signpost of where we want to go and today was a fantastic win for us.

Defender Mikael Lustig received a second yellow card with fifteen minutes to go following a poor challenge on Gary Mackay-Steven, leaving the Hoops with ten men for the rest of the game.

Celtic’s official website gave the Man of the Match award to midfielder Olivier Ntcham.

Up next for the champions is a home game against Dundee on Wednesday night.

Kick-off is at 19.45 and will be shown live on Celtic TV.