‘never Worked Harder’: Rodgers Vows To End Celtic Slump After Hearts Defeat

Brendan Rodgers insisted he has “never worked harder” to find on-field answers aft Celtic fell 8 points down Hearts successful nan Scottish Premiership pinch a 3-1 loss successful Edinburgh. The location team’s triumph intends nan champions person mislaid back-to-back convention games and taken only 17 points from a imaginable 27 successful their latest title defence.

Rodgers denied he has mislaid appetite for nan battle. “I’ve ne'er worked harder successful each my clip here,” said Celtic’s manager. “So nan information is location to effort and flip nan levels that we’re at. It’s perfectly fine, it’s still truthful early. I deliberation that’s nan cardinal constituent successful it all.

“Hearts person made a awesome start, sewage nan points connected nan board, but there’s truthful overmuch shot to play. We’ve conscionable sewage to bent successful location astatine this moment, find those performances, find nan results and hopefully our levels will amended arsenic nan play goes on.”

Rodgers did admit he faced a situation successful changing nan mentality of his squad. “We person to capable nan players pinch confidence,” he said. “The discourse of coming is evidently disappointing successful nan crippled and nan result. But location are 29 games left.”

Derek McInnes again played down nan imaginable of a first title emblem astatine Tynecastle since 1960. No squad different than Celtic aliases Rangers has won nan convention since Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen successful 1985. “Celtic walk millions and they salary millions successful wages, a batch much than we tin ever do,” said nan Hearts manager. “They, hands down, person sewage truthful galore advantages complete each different squad successful nan convention astatine nan infinitesimal including ourselves. But we do consciousness arsenic if there’s betterment successful us.

“There is simply a agelong measurement to go. If this was aft nan 2nd information of games and we were sitting successful nan position past it mightiness beryllium a wee spot much difficult for maine to beryllium present and opportunity what I’m saying. But astatine nan minute, it’s easy to opportunity what I’m saying.”