Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo after Daniels Balodis of St Johnstone scored to give St Johnstone a 1-0 lead. St Johnstone v Celtic, Scottish Premiership, , McDiarmid Park, Perth, 06 April 2025: Photo Stuart Wallace/IMAGO Shutterstock
Q: Is it a consequence of being so far ahead?
Brendan Rodgers: “It can’t be. I cannot use that as an excuse. I can’t use that as an excuse and maybe thought, when we lost the game there on 2nd January, okay, 16 points, I can look at that or whatever it was. But no, it’s happened too many times. So, like I say, there’s a fantastic group of players, good guys, who this year in the main have been very, very good. But I don’t like when I see this here. And for me, it’s just happened too many times.”
Daizen Maeda of Celtic St Johnstone v Celtic, Scottish Premiership, , McDiarmid Park, Perth, 06 April 2025. Photo Stuart Wallace/IMAGO Shutterstock
Q: I remember you saying one time up here, Brendan, you were as angry as you’ve ever been, and you won 3-1 that day. I’m not sensing anger today, but…
Brendan Rodgers: “There’s definitely anger. I’m trying to control it. I look at my own self first and foremost. I’m proud of my career and how I teach players and how I inspire them and how I motivate them. The first look, I look at myself. Am I doing the very best job I possibly can to inspire these and motivate these to get over the line? So that’s my first look.
“But I just think there’s a comfort there I don’t like, and it doesn’t matter if you’re 13 points or 3 points. It’s not enough. We have to be much better than what we were in our ambition in the game.”
🔊 LISTEN: “It’s not the first time. This is something for me to look at in the summer… There’s a comfort there I don’t like.”
🍀 Brendan Rodgers is questioning the ‘mentality’ of his Celtic team and says there are ‘no excuses’ for the 1-0 loss at St Johnstone. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/E6y6e0yL5W
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Brilliant analysis by Rodgers. He said he’d look at himself in the mirror… nothing new there. Hope he leaves in the summer. Once a snake, always a snake.