“When you’re really successful, it’s within your culture to win,” Brendan Rodgers | OneFootball

Brendan Rodgers gave his assessment on Celtic’s historic Premier Sports Scottish League Cup triumph over theRangers at Hampden Park yesterday…

Brendan Rodgers at the Premier Sports Cup Final between Celtic and theRangers at Hampden Park on December 15, 2024. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

It was a landmark 10th trophy win as Hoops boss over his two spells, and this one is up there with the sweetest of them all. A lucky number 13th victory at Hampden for the Irishman saw Celtic lift a 119th trophy in their 137-year decorated history.

Speaking to Premier Sports post-match, Rodgers jubilantly said, “it’s always nice when you come out the other end! In a final, you don’t expect everything to go your way. Rangers played well in the first half and we had to react. Both sets of players made it a really exciting game. The guys know when you play in finals, you want to come out in the right end, and thankfully we were able to do that.”

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Competing in his 20th game in this fixture, Rodgers has now been victorious in 16 of them, drawing three and losing just the once back in 2018 at Ibrox. The Irishman insists it is ingrained in Celtic’s history to overcome finals.

Rodgers outlined: “When you’re really successful, it’s within your culture to win. These guys have been around it and understand that. Success can never be a disease, you’ve got to set the standards as well. You’ve got to keep fighting and working every day, then hopefully things drop for you. It was an exciting game, with the goals at the end. The guys were fantastic with the penalties, Kasper makes the save, and we pull through in the end.”

Paying tribute to his coaching staff for their hard work in delivering such a significant victory, Rodgers pinpointed John Kennedy as the mastermind behind Celtic’s prolonged domestic dominance.

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Brendan Rodgers, Manager of Celtic, walks with the Premier Sports Cup trophy after the team’s victory during the Premier Sports Cup Final between Celtic and Rangers at Hampden Park on December 15, 2024. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Rodgers explained: “John’s brilliant for us. In my first time here, I got to know him and got to know his work. At that time, I would have done a lot of the coaching. But a lot of the guys have worked with us before and understand what we want to do. Now, I can leave that to John and liaise closely with him in terms of the principles and tweaks I would like within that.”

“Even for penalties, it’s very clear, we do the work, we understand who’s taking what and in what order. The coaching staff on a day-to-day for me are absolutely brilliant.”

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