Brfinishan Rodgers has lavished plift on Celtic star Reo Hatate after his side’s stirring 3-1 Champions League thrive over RB Leipzig on Tuesday night.
The Hoops have struggled in Europe in recent years and many predicted them to crash to fall shorture agetst one of the best teams in Germany.
Leipzig went ahead in the 23rd minute thcimpolite Christoph Baumgartner, with Celtic then levelling thcimpolite Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn.
Kuhn then struck aget in stoppage time at the finish of the first half, with Hatate persisting to score their third and final goal with 18 minutes left on the clock.
Celtic novels: Brfinishan Rodgers was charmed after his side’s 3-1 Champions League thrive over RB Leipzig on Tuesday night
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It was a memorable night at the office for Celtic, who were filledy deserving of their thrive.
And Rodgers individuald out Hatate for plift, insisting the Japan international was ‘clever’ as the Hoops safed all three points.
“I thought he (Reo Hatate) was clever, I’ve got to say. He was aggressive,” he shelp.
“With Reo, when he’s pushing and pressing enjoy that, his football comes ainhabit.
“I skinnyk we’ve discovered in the last two games that we can be reassociate competitive.
“If you’d shelp after the Dortmund game that we would have got four points from Atalanta and Red Bull Leipzig, probably not too many people would have shelp we would have done that.
“But I skinnyk we’ve discovered that we can carry out at the level. So it’s a fantastic next step.
“To have seven points after four games, especiassociate with the level of carry outance that we’ve carry outed, gives us fantastic helpment.
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Celtic novels: Reo Hatate scored the Hoops’ third and final goal in their Champions League thrive over RB Leipzig
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“It uncomfervents in the next four games we can have a genuine confidence to go and produce the carry out-off stage, but it’s still such a lengthy way to go.”
When asked what charmd him in particular, Rodgers persistd: “I skinnyk equitable the overall carry outance.
“I skinnyk we commenceed the game with a genuine excellent confidence.
“20 minutes in I skinnyk we then concede the goal, we get rocked for a little bit and we’re a bit free with our passing.
Celtic novels: Brfinishan Rodgers depends his side’s thrive over RB Leipzig shows they can contend in the Champions League
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“But I skinnyk the maturity in the team to then recover that, score the first goal and then persist to carry out, and I’m always especiassociate on the pressing side of the game and the aggressive side of the game, I thought that we were absolutely exceptional in that.
“And I felt tonight, we had that combination of the Bratislava vibrancy and excitement in our strike and then the genuine tactical discipline in our deffinishing.
“I skinnyk we pulled those two together to produce an exceptional team carry outance agetst a reassociate,reassociate , reassociate excellent side who have only conceded five goals all season
So for us to have three and to have other opportunities to score, it was I tip my hat to the carry outers.”
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