“This was the sort of beating Brendan Rodgers was used to dishing out in Scotland.”
The words of the Sky commentator as Leicester City's 9-0 victory over Southampton came to it's record-breaking conclusion.
Yet, of course, Rodgers didn't come close to winning a single game by such a margin during his time as Celtic .
In fact, there has only ever been one away win in the Scottish top league that's in the same ball park- and you have to go all the way back to 1959 when Airdrie were demolished 11-1 by Hibs.
When Celtic defeated St Johnstone 7-0 on the first game of the season, our friends over the border were out in force to stick the boot into our league, with a case in point below.
So, as you can imagine there's been an interesting reaction to tonights result on Scottish fitba Twitter...
@craig_killie: Brendan Rodgers' record win in the tinpot Scottish league was 6-0. Starting to wonder how many goals Dave from Barnsley's nan could score down there.
@Matt24Greer: Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic never scored 7 goals in a league match. Who’s league’s tinpot now?
@nareystoepoker: What a tinpot league. Brendan Rodgers wasn't winning away games 7-0 after an hour when he was managing in Scotland
Fans being fans, not everybody was happy to join the fun. The last Brendan Rodgers fan amongst the Celtic support speaks.
@Cr02887062: Instead of being bitter, Celtic fans should be asking why we never allowed Brendan Rodgers to build a team here. Yet, here we are, celebrating a scraped win in the Europa League and hailing a Hibs reject
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