Brendan Rodgers hails Celtic's 'brilliant team performance' after win over Anderlecht
Thursday 28 September 2017 10:04, UK
Brendan Rodgers described Celtic's 3-0 Champions League win over Anderlecht as a "brilliant team performance" and insisted his side can get better.
Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring in the 38th minute at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium with a poacher's goal, and five minutes after the break Patrick Roberts' drive went in off substitute Kara Mbodji to double the visitors' lead.
Scott Sinclair scored a breakaway third in added time to confirm Celtic's second away win in the competition - the first was five years ago against Spartak Moscow - and their first clean sheet away from Celtic Park.
"It was a brilliant team performance," said Rodgers in his post-match press conference. "It was an outstanding performance and result. There are still areas to improve but they were absolutely exceptional.
"We did very very well. For a Scottish team to come away, get a 3-0 victory, keep a clean sheet at this level is obviously a big achievement.
"We can be better than we were tonight but the players deserve a huge amount of credit, on the back of the game at the weekend (2-0 win over Rangers), which was a high intensity game.
"To come away and deliver that type of performance, the deserve all the plaudits they get."
Rodgers also revealed skipper Scott Brown, who came off with a hamstring injury, will be assessed in the next couple of days with Scotland's upcoming and crucial World Cup qualifying double header in mind.
