{"id":297045,"date":"2023-12-03T18:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297045"},"modified":"2023-12-03T18:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:24:06","slug":"celtic-boss-rodgers-reveals-he-was-his-angriest-ever-at-st-johnstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/celtic-boss-rodgers-reveals-he-was-his-angriest-ever-at-st-johnstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic boss Rodgers reveals he was his &apos;angriest ever&apos; at St Johnstone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers reveals &#8216;half-time was the angriest I&#8217;ve ever been as a manager&#8217; after his side recovered from a goal down at the break to win at St Johnstone<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>St Johnstone 1-3 Celtic:\u00a0Rodgers&#8217; side recovered from poor first-half to claim win<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They took all three points after three goals in 26 second-half minutes on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>We expected perfection from VAR &#8211; we haven&#8217;t got it: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brendan Rodgers claimed Celtic&#8217;s dismal first-half display at McDiarmid Park made him the angriest he&#8217;s ever been throughout the duration of his managerial career.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking in intensity and quality, the league leaders trailed through Diallang Jaiyesemi&#8217;s strike at the interval.<\/p>\n<p>For all his side rallied after the break, eventually taking the three points through goals from Callum McGregor, Matt O&#8217;Riley and James Forrest, the Northern Irishman was still livid at the way his &#8216;soft&#8217; players started the contest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m still angry, if I&#8217;m honest,&#8217; he said. &#8216;The first half was nowhere near what you expect from a Celtic player and team. Just the level of intensity and ambition in the game, the speed, we were absolutely nowhere near it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We got bullied for the goal and we were soft in everything, with and without the ball. Half-time was the angriest I&#8217;ve ever been as a manager.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/17\/78526197-0-image-a-13_1701622915929.jpg\" height=\"794\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brendan Rodgers was left fuming by Celtic&#8217;s dismal first-half display at\u00a0St Johnstone<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;People who have been around me will know I&#8217;m normally very calm. It was nothing tactical; this was about desire and what it takes to play for this club. Thankfully in the second half the players were brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Callum McGregor was outstanding, and I got more of the energy and ambition that I want.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers did give his players credit for their response with the reaction before and after the captain&#8217;s strike more like the standard he&#8217;d demanded from the outset.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was what I expected in the first half,&#8217; he added. &#8216;We&#8217;d gone a game and a half and not scored, with the greatest of respect, against St Johnstone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Craig (Levein) had organised his team well and they got their goal from the set-piece that we were soft at. I expect much more from us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Second half, it was a real testament to the players, because they could have folded and been nervy, but they got to the level I demand from them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They were fantastic goals and we could have had more. It&#8217;s a reminder that if you go soft, if you go timid against any team, they can hurt you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked why a team with four day&#8217;s rest after playing Lazio in Rome could start a game so poorly, Rodgers was blunt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/17\/78524303-0-St_Johnstone_took_a_shock_lead_against_Celtic_who_were_coming_of-a-14_1701623777463.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>St Johnstone took a shock lead against Celtic who were coming off a disappointing display mid-week against Lazio<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s comfort,&#8217; he said. &#8216;It&#8217;s the biggest pitfall in succeeding, that you become timid and lose your aggression. It&#8217;s easily done, but it&#8217;s my job to guard against it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was just nowhere near the level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I said to the players afterwards, don&#8217;t make me be like that again. Don&#8217;t ever make me feel I have to get to that level. My teams will normally be front-foot, demanding and constant, but that&#8217;s not acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;No matter what success they have had over the last couple of years, there is a demand at this club to continually succeed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yes, we&#8217;re missing players and dynamic players but in the second half you see the levels se can get to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This was always going to be a big month. This was an important game to kick off the run of games throughout this month. I was really pleased with the reaction. You&#8217;ll need to speak to the players about whether the message got through, but certainly in the second half, it was more what I expect from a Celtic team.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers was reluctant to call-out individuals, sidestepping a suggestion that he might look to replace Joe Hart in January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not one for now,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I want to improve the squad over my time here, and particularly over these next couple of windows.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/17\/78524315-0-Callum_McGregor_right_though_got_the_ball_rolling_on_a_second_ha-a-16_1701623843746.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Callum McGregor (right) though got the ball rolling on a second-half comeback for Celtic<\/p>\n<p>Kenn to also praise the way his captain dragged the team over the line, Rodgers said: &#8216;It was retro Callum McGregor from my first time here. He used to score great goals like that, left-foot, right-foot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s not up there so much because he&#8217;s orchestrating the game from behind, but he was the real catalyst. I was watching him in the second half and that was a Celtic captain&#8217;s performance, dragging your team through the game with intensity and quality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Matty&#8217;s was an outstanding goal. There won&#8217;t be too many better that he will hit. It was a great move, we got up the field and it got us into a good position in the game.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Saints boss Craig Levein was encouraged by much of what his side produced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My overriding feeling is one of disappointment,&#8217; he said. &#8216;Like I said last week, we were in the match until the end.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We did a lot of good things and defended really well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve lost to two wonderful pieces of skill. Those two goals really punched a hole in us and changed the match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The last goal I&#8217;m not bothered up \u2013 we were gung-ho by then.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was encouraged in a lot of ways. One of the things I&#8217;m confident we can improve is our fitness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/17\/78524301-0-Celtic_recovered_from_a_poor_first_half_performance_to_take_a_3_-a-15_1701623813163.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Celtic recovered from a poor first-half performance to take a 3-1 victory against St Johnstone<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We tired a bit in the second half, which is understandable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s a lot of concentration needed to cut off passing lines, close spaces and defend the box in the right areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s tiring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I know we can get fitter \u2013 and that will help us in our quest to climb the table.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12820451\/Celtic-boss-Brendan-Rodgers-reveals-half-time-angriest-Ive-manager-recovered-goal-break-win-St-Johnstone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers reveals &#8216;half-time was the angriest I&#8217;ve ever been as a manager&#8217; 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