Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers makes claim about Glasgow Rangers’ tactics

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Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers were beaten 1-0 by Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic side earlier this season.

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has told the Glasgow Evening Times that Glasgow Rangers’ tactics against his side prove that there is a new-found respect for them.

Celtic have dominated Scottish football in recent years, but they have made a slow start to the campaign.

The Bhoys were beaten 2-1 by Kilmarnock at the weekend, and only have accumulated 10 points from their first six games this season.

Rodgers’ side just have not clicked into gear, but the Celtic boss believes that is not all down to them.

He said: “I think teams have got better. I also think there’s a new found respect playing against Celtic. At St Mirren we saw it. You saw Rangers come and sit deep, Kilmarnock did that too.

“It’s up to us, we have to find the answers to that. That’s the job. We have to analyse the game and build the mentality to win your next game.”

Rangers were beaten 1-0 by Celtic at Parkhead earlier this season, in a match which Rodgers’ side largely dominated.

However, Rangers have been unperturbed by that set back, and have continued to improve since.

Steven Gerrard’s side are now ahead of Celtic in the league standings by a point, and have moved up into second place.

Rangers won 5-1 against St. Johnstone yesterday, to ramp up the pressure on their Glasgow rivals to find their feet sooner rather than later.