Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Rodgers ready for this part of season ‘when the fun begins’
CELTIC manager Brendan Rodgers believes they have been their own worst enemies this season.
But he is optimistic his side can find consistency of performance they will need during the title run-in.
The cinch Premiership champions delivered their biggest victory of the season on Wednesday when they thrashed Dundee 7-1 with the help of six first-half goals.
Previous league games since the winter break had all been tight and two draws saw Celtic lose top spot in the table to Rangers, who could go five points clear when they host Motherwell today.
Celtic, who travel to face Hearts tomorrow, may be without skipper Callum McGregor, and Rodgers is looking for his side to build on their midweek display.
“I have always felt our biggest enemy this season is ourselves,” he said.
“If we perform to the level that we can do on a consistent basis, we are a very good team. It’s that consistency now of taking that performance into our next game.”
Rodgers has seen Alistair Johnston, Greg Taylor and Cameron Carter-Vickers return to his back four in recent games following injuries.
He is looking to utilise that settled platform in the final months of the season.
“When you arrive at 10 games to go, that’s when the fun begins, that’s when you are into the business side,” he said. “That’s what I am really looking forward to.
“We have obviously had inconsistencies up to this point.
“But we are still very much there, still very much in our hands what it is we want to do.
“To have these players coming back is great and really good timing.”