Q: How do you convince the players that they can come out of the Bayern game with a positive result?
Brendan Rodgers: “That’s my job. That’s the job. I think that we’ve shown, and we can take confidence from qualification, getting to this game. Over the course of the eight games, we’ve shown the templates that we can play at home and against RB Leipzig and Atalanta, in a way that that combination of both can get us results.
Daizen Maeda of Celtic scores his team’s second goal past Josh Rae of Raith Rovers during the Scottish Cup match between Celtic FC and Raith Rovers FC at Celtic Park on February 08, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
“We know we’re playing against some fantastic players and a team that’s top of the league and having confidence in one of the top leagues. But in here, it’ll be supercharged Wednesday night. There’ll be 60,000 souls that’ll be with us, and we’ll take the energy from that. We’ll do what I’ve always said, we’ll look to make it really, really difficult for Bayern and see where the game takes us.”
Q: They’ve got so many attacking threats, do you need to work out where you can hurt them?
Brendan Rodgers: “I don’t have any doubt that we can. I think we’ve got goals, I think we’ve shown at all levels of competition, whether it’s home, domestic, we can score goals. But like you say, they’ve got threats in their team as well. That’s the level, it’s the knockout stages of the Champions League. Every team at this level has big quality, and I’ve worked against some of those boys, and I understand how a lot of them play. Vincent Kompany will have played against my teams, Swansea and Leicester and Liverpool, so he’ll understand how my teams work as well. So, it should be a fantastic game, and I look forward to it.”
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Yang Hyun-Jun of Celtic scores his team’s fourth goal during the Scottish Cup match between Celtic FC and Raith Rovers FC at Celtic Park on February 08, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Q: A goal and two assists for Yang today, has he staked his claim to play against Bayern?
Brendan Rodgers: “He’s a young guy that’s come in and done very well today. I think he created one, he scored a really, really good goal. It’s not an easy one, that one. It was a good cross in from Tony, but he’s got to get there and finish it. There’s no doubt he’ll be in the squad; that’s for sure.
“Will he start? We’ll wait and see, but I’m just really pleased, apart from Daizen, we’re going in with a real positive mentality for the game.”
🍀 @CelticFC manager Brendan Rodgers on Dane Murray's development and how he earned his spot in a rotated lineup today
"He's someone I've liked….really talented young player." 🗣️#ScottishCup pic.twitter.com/ZDTCPkggdq
— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) February 8, 2025
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