Manager: We showed our quality and ambition throughout the game

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·20 avril 2025

Manager: We showed our quality and ambition throughout the game

Celtic have booked their place in the final of the Scottish Cup after a resounding 5-0 victory over St Johnstone at Hampden this afternoon.

It was a commanding performance from the Bhoys straight from the first whistle at the National Stadium, and four first-half goals effectively ended the tie as a contest before the break.

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Jota’s strike in the second half rounded off a five-star performance from the Celts, and, speaking to Celtic TV after the match, Brendan Rodgers praised his side for their mentality and quality.

“I’m so pleased for the players,” the manager said. “A couple of weeks ago they took a bit of stick for losing against St Johnstone.

“But you’ve seen in the last two performances, we’ve taken the start in to the game that we want.

'The mentality is really good, we’re humble in the way that we work and in our mentality.'

"We showed the quality and ambition in the game to keep looking for more goals.

“We have to put so much in to a game like that today. We dominate the ball, of course, but within that there’s lots of movement and rotation, and the players then find the quality to score the goals.”

With another cup final to look forward to, attention can now be paid to some of the incredible cup records within the Celts’ first-team squad.

James Forrest is chasing an extraordinary eighth Scottish Cup winner’s medal, whilst Callum McGregor is protecting an unbeaten run of cup finals which extends back to his Youth Academy days.

And, in the dugout, Brendan Rodgers has the distinction of having never been beaten at Hampden.

But for the Celtic manager, he says that before thinking ahead to the Scottish Cup final, the focus of the team will be on next weekend’s league match at Tannadice as the Celts close in on yet another league title.

He added: “Today was about getting to the final, putting on a performance that the supporters can be proud of and looking forward to another day here at Hampden.

“We’re there now which is great, so now the challenge will be to recover from today and then finish the job in the league next week.

“That aside, we’ve got five games that we want to be really good in and take the best form that we can in to next month.”