The Premiership top two go head to head in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final at Hampden this weekend
And the Parkhead boss insists his troops have huge hunger to get their hands back onto the Premier Sports Cup . Rodgers’ side face Jimmy Thelin ’s men in the semi-final with the sides separated only on goal difference at the top of the Premiership. Celtic and Aberdeen’s only points dropped in ten top-flight games were to each other following a see-saw 2-2 draw in Glasgow a fortnight ago.
Aberdeen’s form isn’t a surprise to Rodgers as he said: “No, it’s a great credit to them. In their first 10 league games, they have played with that consistency and done really well, have really good players. “That showed us that if you are slack and not concentrated and committed in your defending, they have quality players who can hurt you. When we pressed the game really well, we created opportunities and could dominate the ball.
“That has to be a learning for us and it will be. Last 20 minutes, we had chances to win, but we also know that we need to play very well to reach the final.” “But I’ve seen what our analysts and Peter Houston and the guys have prepared and it is no different really to what we’d seen a couple of weeks ago.
Rodgers won his first trophy as Celtic manager when beating the Dons in the 2016/17 League Cup Final at Hampden and added: “It was brilliant, it was a great feeling.
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