Brendan Rodgers reflected on his side’s 3-2 victory over Sligo Rovers on a cold night at the Showgrounds when Luis Palma gave Celtic an early lead before the Irish side hit back with a kick-fire double that will embarrass the Celtic goalkeeper Scott Bain.

Inside the final minutes of the game Celtic still trailed until the Honduran winger added two late goals to turn defeat into victory for the Scottish Champions. Here are the post match thoughts of both the Celtic manager and his hat-trick hero Luis Palma…

Brendan Rodgers speaking to Celtic TV after the 3-2 win over Sligo Rovers…

Celtic’s hat-trick hero Luis Palma’s post match thoughts over at the Showgrounds…

Good run out for the Celtic squad players at Sligo…

With the international break upon us we had the chance to give a run out to some fringe players in a friendly in Sligo tonight. The big guns were either on international duty or back home putting their feet up for a well deserved rest, so it was the perfect opportunity for Brendan Rodgers to run the rule over his fringe players.

Squad players and young hopefuls

Only Scott Bain, Alex Valle, Maik Nawrocki, Stephen Welsh, Luke McCowan, Yang, and Luis Palma, players you would consider first team squad members started the game. With youngsters Lenny Agbaire, Francis Turley, Lewis Dobbie, and Jude Bonnar completing the starting XI.

Hoops salvaged a 3-2 win

Without being spectacular, the Hoops salvaged a 3-2 win after coming back from 2-1 down thanks to a Luis Palma hat trick, something that will do wonders for his confidence. The young players would have also gained some great confidence playing in the first team while the likes of Maik Nawrocki would have benefitted from getting minutes on the park.

Scott Bain blundered badly

As for Scott Bain though it’s a different story. He once again blundered badly for the two goals and showed why he is well behind Kasper Schmeichel and Viljami Sinisalo in the pecking order. It was like that dead rubber disaster at Easter Road in the dying days of the Ange Postecoglou era. Tonight’s disasters were just as bad, maybe even worse.

All in all thought, it was a decent run out for our fringe players and a hard found win in the end. The Sligo Rovers boys gave it everything and were just a few minutes away from an historic victory over Celtic.

That embarrassment was saved by Palma’s second and honours even at 2-2 would have been a fair result. But Celtic play to the final whistle and Palma got his hat-trick right at the end to give Celtic the win.

In the end Celtic’s trip to Sligo will be remembered as Scott Bain 2 Luis Palma 3.

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