CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers watched his side go 16 points clear at the top – then joked the Parkhead KITMAN was the only person who didn’t get a song from the support!
The Celtic fans sang about previous bosses Billy McNeill, Martin O’Neill and Tommy Burns as their side beat Dundee United 2-0 with goals from Japanese pair Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate.
Brendan Rodgers[/caption]
There was a song for Tommy Burns[/caption]
The ultras also sang a song for Henrik Larsson[/caption]
But the fans also went through a repertoire of songs about previous favourites, including Jimmy Johnstone, Henrik Larsson and Odsonne Edouard.
There was also a brief fans’ singalong about Kieran Tierney in the aftermath of Rodgers’ comments following Saturday’s match against St Mirren.
And Rodgers grinned: “I think the kit man was the only one that missed out tonight!
“But it’s all part of the dance here.
“My job was to put the best team on the pitch and win consistently so everyone can smile.
“I thought the crowd were brilliant tonight.
“They can get a bit edgy, and we make them fret a wee bit. We can do that and it was there.
“So that support was so important and it was fantastic tonight.
“It was such a cold night to come out and see the team and the numbers turned up and gave the team great support.
“That allowed us to push over the line.”
Rodgers paid tribute to Greg Taylor – on his 200th Celtic appearance.
He said: “He’s been absolutely fine with it.
“I think there was probably a bigger deal made of it than what my observation actually was.
“It’s gone now.
“He was very good in the game, as he always is. He’s very consistent and had a really good performance.”
Rodgers will assess Nicolas Kuhn this morning after he felt a thigh tightness in the warm-up and was replaced by Hyunjun Yang.
Rodgers said: “It was a really good win for us.
“First half we had a lot of control in the game and got into some really good areas and maybe could have been more goals in front.
“For a little spell in the second half we lost a little bit of our attacking connection in the game so we weren’t as fluent getting through the pitch.
“We had to defend long direct free-kicks and long throw-ins into the box. But we came through that really well and then finished it off with the second goal.
Glenn Middleton of Dundee United looks on[/caption]
“It was a thoroughly deserved win. From the first whistle we were trying to impose ourselves in the game and get into some really good areas.
“I felt we could have crossed it once or twice more than we did.
“But it was a freezing night against a team who sat really deep.
“We saw it up at Dundee United and we’ve seen it here. It’s no criticism. That’s what you have to come up against and you have to face it.
“The players showed the mentality to win, which was important.
“This is a game where very few times you give little and get rewards. You have to give everything.
GLYang Hyun-Jun was a late stand-in for Nicolas Kuhn[/caption]
“The players have done that and they got the rewards in the end. So I’m really pleased with that.”
United boss Jim Goodwin – who made five changes to his starting eleven – admitted: “It was always going to be a big challenge. It’s a crazy amount of fixtures at this time of year.
“We’ve players who are struggling in terms of energy levels.
“But the players never threw the towel in and we believed we would get one or two opportunities.
“There were never any clear-cut chances and we can’t argue about the result.”
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