The Belgian boss was less than pleased with the post-match comment from the Parkhead manager.
Let's be honest, there was an unfortunate touch of the Charlie Nicholas vs Jeff Stelling ‘You should go to Specsavers also’ about it.
They’re just adopting different ways of dealing with it. Because, although this absorbing head-to-head has the potential to become very complicated from here on in, the arithmetic behind it remains simple enough to understand. A share of the spoils on Saturday lunchtime would be enough to keep Rodgers in pole position just yards out from the finishing line, three points ahead and five goals better off into the bargain.
It must be said, Rodgers himself has been prone to taking the odd nibble throughout a difficult second album as Celtic ’s manager – especially when it seemed that Clement was about to claim the upper hand. That’s when he began blethering about writing stories and then painted a target on his own back with his irritated “good girl” spiel.
Just 24 hours earlier, Motherwell made the trip to Ibrox and came away with the shock 2-1 win which, in retrospect, did so much to rip the rug out from under Rangers’ feet. Suddenly, the messaging coming out from Lennoxtown began to sound very different. By avoiding defeat on enemy soil, Celtic kept their noses in front at the top of the table and ensured that any subsequent gap Rangers might open up with a game still in hand would remain controllable. Which is precisely the way Rodgers likes it.
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