Brendan Rodgers spoke to the media ahead of this afternoon’s potential title-clincher for Celtic against Dundee United at Tannadice…
Celtic need just a point to wrap up yet another Scottish Premiership title in the Golden Age for the club. Long may it continue. The Celtic support at the game today will have memories to last a lifetime if we get a result and that is what watching Celtic home and away is all about.
Here’s everything that was said at Brendan’s media conference yesterday afternoon as the Celtic manager spoke to the mainstream media…
Q: Brendan, are you able to convey your emotions at the moment when you’re just one game away, potentially, from winning the title?
Brendan Rodgers: “Yes, it is another game for us, so I think most of the concentration has been on, actually, the performance level. I think we carry into the game a level of performance which is a really high standard over our last two, and we want to maintain that. We know it will be difficult. Jim, I think, has had a brilliant season this season. He’s a guy who has a couple of challenges in some of his other jobs, but he showed when he went into Dundee United and then getting them promoted and then keeping them in the top six this season. I think he’s done so, so well. They’re a team that don’t give up many chances. We’ve seen that when we were up there the last time, when it was 0-0, but we know where we’re at. We know what we need to do and we know we want to leave Tannadice as a champion. So, for that, we need to perform.”
Q: And they did that when they had their first attempt last season at Rugby Park?
Brendan Rodgers: “Yes, absolutely. So, listen, we would have liked it to have been at home. That was our grievance a few weeks back, but that was well put behind us now. I think any time you win the league, of course, it’s special, and you would love to do it if you can in front of your own supporters. But ideally, really, whenever you win it, you win it. So, we don’t want to delay it any longer than we have to. But for that, we have to perform.”
Q: Squad news?
Brendan Rodgers: “No, no real change. Similar squad. Kasper is not back, Yang is not back, Dane Murray is still out. So, yes, pretty much the same.”
