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Josh McCafferty

Brendan Rodgers names his 'favourite performance' of Celtic's 2024/25 season

Celtic's performance in their 3-1 win over RB Leipzig was Brendan Rodgers' favourite of last season. 

The Parkhead side pulled off a landmark Champions League victory against a team who, at the time, were flying high in the Bundesliga. 

Although Christoph Baumgartner opened the scoring for the visitors on 23 minutes, Celtic rallied, and thanks to a brace from Nicolas Kuhn, were ahead at the break. 


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Reo Hatate then found the back of the net with just under 20 minutes to play, putting a seal on the three points. 

"That's my favourite performance of the season," said Rodgers on Sky Sports' end-of-campaign Celtic programme that was aired on Friday evening. 

"Because at the very highest level, we had taken on a team who had an outstanding manager in Marco Rose, Leipzig, who had been in the Champions League for a number of years and had some fantastic players, and we demonstrated at the highest level every part of our game. 

"We went behind in the game. We showed the courage to counter-press and press the game. We go 2-1 up at half-time, then go 3-1 up. In the second half, we played some amazing football. 

"And I think the comments from some of the players afterwards, talking about our performance and how they felt in the game, that's what I always wanted for my team."

Celtic eventually went on to finish 21st in the league phase of European football's premier club competition. 

They qualified for the knockout-stage play-off only to be eliminated by Bayern Munich courtesy of a last-minute Alphonso Davies goal. 

Rodgers' men will have to negotiate a nerve-shredding play-off tie to qualify for the Champions League proper in the forthcoming season. 

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