Celtic v Sporting Braga – “Our whole duty is to win,” Brendan Rodgers
Brendan Rodgers, Celtic Glasgow press conference ahead UEFA Europa league match against Crvena zvezda at Rajko Mitic stadium, Belgrade 23.09.2025 Belgrade Rajko Mitic stadium Serbia Photo VM/MN Press
Brendan Rodgers spoke to Celtic TV earlier today and the video is now available to subscribers on the club’s own channel. However if you’re not a subscriber to Celtic TV we’ve got you covered so you can read everything that the Celtic manager has had to say about the game at the weekend, the season so far, some of the new arrivals and the Europa League match at Celtic Park against Braga on Thursday evening…
💬 “It’s all about transferring that superiority in the game into goals.”
Brendan Rodgers speaks exclusively to Celtic TV to look back over a busy few weeks and preview the upcoming games.
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Brendan Rodgers reflecting on the goalless draw against Hibs and considering the season so far…
Benjamin Nygren and unused substitute Kieran Tierney of Celtic applauds the Celtic fans at full-time. Final score Celtic 0 Hibernian 0. Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 27 September 2025. Photo Stuart Wallace Shutterstock
“It’s all about transferring that superiority in the game into goals. It’s as simple as that. Our general play was good, we created lots of opportunities, there was good speed in the game.
“My teams are always asked to play with that attacking intent, being creative and with that real rapid speed with the ball. So we pressed the game well, virtually gave nothing away but we just needed to score the goal. So that was really the message” (to the players).
Celtic Manager Brendan Rodgers applauds the Celtic fans at full-time. Final score Celtic 0 Hibernian 0. Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 27 September 2025 Photo Stuart Wallace IMAGO/Shutterstock
“We’ve started the season unbeaten, we’ve drawn some games we’d liked to have won, and ultimately that’s what the game is about. It doesn’t matter if you’re the manager of a massive club like Celtic or you work lower down the leagues, when you arrive onto the pitch in that situation it’s to win – full stop.
“So I think we could have won more games. But I’m happy, there’s a lot of new players coming in and how they are adapting to the changes and slowly we are seeing the work on the field. But it’s just that final step that turns that superiority into goals.”
Brendan Rodgers on Marcelo Saracchi and Sebastian Tounekti…
Marcelo Saracchi of Celtic crosses the ball beyond Chris Cadden of Hibernian. Celtic v Hibernian, Scottish Premiership, Celtic Park, 27 September 2025. Photo Stuart Wallace IMAGO Shutterstock
“Both players have a tactical intelligence in the game and obviously they are technically strong. Marcelo has lots of experience, an Uruguayan international and from day one he’s been outstanding. You can see his mentality, his aggression all the things we want to see he has those.
Sebastian Tounekti during the Partick Thistle v Celtic. Premier Sports League Cup. Sunday 21 September. Photo Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)
“Sebastian has started his time here really well. It’s not easy to become a winger here at Celtic but for him to settle so fast into the rhythm of the team has been really good. So these players will show over time that they can offer Celtic a lot.
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Celtic more than capable of beating itself on current form especially if the ineffectual Ralston Engels Maida are picked, or at least securing another bore draw. Time to get Liewwell in the dugout seeing as he’s already picking the team.
We have to start seeing progress at europa league level, to even consider getting back to becoming CL level for next season, simple as that.
We are nowhere near such levels, if we aren’t capable of scoring goals, the deciding factor in matches.
Losing the amount of goals from last season, was always going to be a massive problem to resolve, especially within the markets we operate within.
Hardly helped with Maeda not on his game either at present.
Attacking players need goals to boost their own confidence levels, so hopefully this gets resolved quickly, as starting to become a requirement for ourselves, especially within our bigger games.
We are yet to click in that department, and no better time than the next available game.
Even at that, we still need more than just trying to depend upon our 3 starting players in such areas also.
That still looks a work in progress, especially with the 5 sub rule in operation nowadays.
So changes will occur during the match tomorrow night, and little signs to date that such changes are going to actually make an impact for ourselves to date.
The longer the lack of goals continue, the more the pressure will increase upon the attacking options.
Will take any form of victory’s over the next 2 games, for now.
Especially with the amount of work that still looking like a requirement for ourselves, over the international break in our attacking areas.
Hopefully there chances will improve with a better functional midfield also. With the amount of goals lost from last season, the midfield areas are hopefully going to start contributing more also within the goal scoring and assisting department also.
They have hardly crowned themselves in glory either, within the start of the season imo.