Brendan Rodgers delivers hilarious post-match dig at the Rangers hype machine after Celtic win

If Pedro Caixinha is involved, it’s likely Mark Warburton; if not, Michael Beale is involved. It shouldn’t have come as a huge surprise, then, when he defeated Rangers in the derby for the 12th time in 15 games by batting away the most recent challenger.

Mark Warburton is probably involved if Pedro Caixinha is; if not, Michael Beale is probably involved. So it shouldn’t have been a major surprise when he batted away the most recent opponent to overcome Rangers in the derby for the 12th time in 15 encounters.

Rangers are apparently always coming for Celtic

He said in a press conference [Clyde SSB]: “Over my two spells here I’ve worked against five Rangers managers. Every time, ‘Rangers were coming’. Every time, at some point. For me, it’s normal.

“If I listened to media and press then we would be in constant crisis mode and constant fear of Rangers. But it’s the fifth manager now. So, for me, my focus is only on Celtic and concentrating very much on here. A lot of the stuff that does go around I ignore it.

“I believe we demonstrated today that we are a competitive football team that can play with key players missing.” That’s what we’ll keep doing. Without a question, Philippe Clement has made Rangers better. We were aware that it would present a hurdle.

“I’ve always done that when I’ve been here—we had to be really brave and take on the challenge.”

Although Celtic leads the Scottish Premiership by eight points at this point, Rodgers is the one who knows that there is still a lot of work to be done until the trophy is won.

That lead might be rapidly erased because the Ibrox team still has two games remaining, and we’ve already seen that a Celtic team’s absences can result in missed opportunities.

Rodgers will therefore relish his victory today as well as some post-match media attention, but the hard work will soon resume with a Tuesday night trip to St Mirren.

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