Brendan Rodgers does not need the Scottish League Cup as endorsement of his early work at Celtic. Champions League qualification afforded Rodgers instant acclaim, to the point where even finishing bottom of Group C will be accepted by the masses.
Rodgers smiles when contemplating what might have been, in the event of falling at the Champions League’s playoff hurdle. “You start behind the eight ball,” he says. “You are tight behind it. If we don’t qualify and then go on to win a league and cup what is said is ‘You didn’t make the Champions League.’”
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