Beaten twice in the Champions League group stage, delivering an elusive home win is manager’s task against Atlético Madrid
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: “We made too many mistakes. You can get away with it domestically sometimes but at this level if you bring pressure on to yourself, it is difficult for you. We made basic mistakes.” Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty ImagesCeltic’s home defeat by RB Salzburg in December 2018 was shrugged off, comprehensive though it was for anybody who watched.
Within days, Rodgers was named as the manager of Leicester City. He had always planned a return to the Premier League but frustration over Celtic’s inability or unwillingness to match his ambitions in a world beyond Motherwell had not been masked for months. When the last 32 of the Europa League was as good as he felt it could get, Rodgers needed out. He was fed up overseeing learning curves.
Pedro Rodriguez of Lazio celebrates his side's winner during the game against Celtic at Celtic Park in the Champions League. Photograph: Getty Celtic’s board will rail against the notion the football department is handed insufficient tools. Peter Lawwell, in his most recent chairman’s statement, pointed towards £66.4m of investment in player registrations over two and a half years. The subtext: we back managers. Celtic remain a well-run, self-sufficient business but it is one with £95.4m of operating costs. For that outlay, supporters must demand far better European return.
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