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IT HAS been a clean sweep in terms of domestic wins over Rangers across all levels over the last week, but Brendan Rodgers insists more work needs to be done with the younger age groups at Celtic.

The under-20s enjoyed a 3-0 win over Rangers in the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday evening to compliment the 2-1 victory the under-17s had in the Glasgow Cup against Rangers the week before.

Rodgers, though, believes the standard he saw at Firhill from the younger age group wasn’t at the level he would have expected.

The Celtic manager said: “There were some good players in both teams and the kids won, which was great, and there was two or three moments of quality.

“But the overall level of quality wasn’t good. I have seen some good kids up here and it’s a good level. But they would have to play better football than that.

“We’re trying to take a different path. You saw it with one of the goals the other night [in under-20 game] we want our goalkeepers to pass. The second goal came from a tactical idea of waiting for a ball over the top.

“That education comes through knowledge of coaches in training, that will develop players that can play at the highest level.”

“That takes time. It’s not about changing how people coach, but as long as the same principles are in mind that will get them through quicker to the first team.”