Brendan Rodgers hails team

The Hoops created enough chances to win an entire campaign of Scottish Cup matches in their fourth-round tie with Kilmarnock, but the crucial thing is that they scored enough to win this first tie and progress to the next round. Celtic will find out on Monday night who the opponents in the fifth round will be following the 2-1 win over the Rugby Park side and manager, Brendan Rodgers is looking forward to the draw after watching his side control the game despite only taking up a couple of the many chances made. He said: “I thought that we created a lot of opportunities in the game. ‘The game should have been dead by half time. That’s the reality because there were really good chances.’ “Sometimes there are maybe half-chances, but there were so many good areas through really good bits of play and we didn’t quite take the opportunities “Then of course, from a defensive throw, we concede, but, okay, we reinforce our good moments at half time, but also we need to tighten up. “In the second half again, we created opportunities, defended well in the main, because there were a lot of long balls, a lot of throw-ins from the side and everything else. “So, we dealt really well with it and it was good to get into the next round.”He added: “I thought the players gave so much, Kilmarnock haven’t played for 10 days so were arriving fresh for the game and full of energy. “But I thought we were excellent in that aspect. I just felt in the second half our pressing needed to be better to sustain the attacks. “But we did that and we created so many really, really good opportunities, and we need to be more clinical. The keeper made a couple of really good saves as well, so we’ve got to give him credit. “But, overall, I’m pleased with the performance.“FixturesCeltic Vs. Kilmarnock – Sat, Jan 18th 2025, 17:30