Brendan Rodgers sets the Celtic rules for Lazio as discipline scrutinised after Champions League 'disappointment'
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic boss Brendan Rodgers is urging his players to watch their discipline so they can compete against Lazio in Rome. The Hoops have found themselves down to nine men and ten men in their previous two away games in the group, with Odin Thiago Holm and Gustaf Lagerbielke sent off in Celtic's opening clash with Feyenoord before Daizen Maeda was ordered off in Madrid as they were pummelled 6-0 by Atletico.
It leaves Rodgers men with their Champions League qualification hopes hanging by a thread.And the Irishman hasn't absolved the sins of losing late to the Italians at Parkhead, but reckons his side have shown the quality to compete against the big guns when they have the level playing field of eleven vs eleven.
He's urging his players to react better in the 'key moments' so as to avoid another late sucker punch at the Stadio Olimpico.Speaking ahead of facing Lazio, he said: "I think we learned that across the competition against Lazio and the other teams that we can really compete when we are 11 vs 11.
They're learning at the end of the game that you have to be concentrated through to the very end. We looked like the team that was going to win the first leg, and we ended up losing the game."That was a big disappointment considering how well we played, taking the lead.
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