Celtic’s Ryan Christie explains how Brendan Rodgers reacted to Rangers defeat

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Celtic have had a fortnight to reflect on Rangers loss.

Celtic will be itching to bounce back and get playing again after having a two week break since defeat to Rangers.

The loss is still being talked about by the players, with midfielder Ryan Christie discussing it in an interview with the Herald.

Christie has been talking about Brendan Rodgers’ reaction to the loss at Ibrox.

He says that the manager’s message to the squad was that they have to use this as an incentive to improve.

Rodgers said: “The manager said after the game it was the first time we’d been beaten by Rangers in his reign and we need to learn from it. It needs to be a learning curve.

“We’ll try and do just that and it has given us the hurt to get back after the break and really kick things on.

“We’ll respond positively, I think. We have enough confidence in our camp that we are used to not listening to outside voices. We know how good we can be and this trip helps the manager get tactical ideas across and, when we come back, we can really kick on.”

This is new territory for Rodgers to have his Celtic side challenged like this, but they were seriously below par at Ibrox and did not deserve to get anything from the game.

If they had snatched a draw then it would have deflected from the improvements which needed to be made.

This way, it may have been painful for Celtic’s players and supporters, but they have been given the extra motivation they needed to wake up and respond to their challengers.