BRENDAN RODGERS hailed Celtic’s courage under fire as they earned a 0-0 draw in Italy. Atalanta threw everything at Rodgers’ side but failed to hit the net. 2 Rodgers has hailed his players Credit: Kenny Ramsay And the Hoops boss saluted his players for keeping their first Champions League clean-sheet since 2017.
He said: “The concentration in the game was superb, and you need to have it. “The talent that they have, you're talking about the highest goalscorers in Italian football . "So to come here, play with that concentration, that commitment, and still carry a threat, and the danger when we had the ball, was very, very pleasing.
read more football stories BILL LECKIE Torrent of PRAISE is coming for Celtic - THIS is what's been stored up too long FREE BETS Deposit & Bet £10 to Get £60 in free bets for Scottish football at William Hill “The players showed great courage, concentrated on what it was they had to do, which was to defend the box well, shift, slide. “It was a really, really good point for us. “I never doubted the players and the mentality.
“We responded straight after the last Dortmund game and won our next game. Most read in Football BILL LECKIE Torrent of PRAISE is coming for Celtic - THIS is what's been stored up too long MAN-BYS Celtic player ratings v Atalanta: How heroic Hoops made their point on Italian job ATALANTA 0 CELTIC 0 Brendan Rodgers' men fought like lions to claw out a massive result I'M STILL THE SAME Rangers boss Clement addres.