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Brendan Rodgers takes the 'blame' as Celtic boss admits 8 changes backfired with Falkirk bloody nose

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Brendan Rodgers admitted his wholesale Celtic changes might have backfired after going to the bench to overturn a deficit in their 5-2 victory against Falkirk in the last eight of the Premier Sports Cup.

Keeper Kasper Schmeichel, skipper Callum McGregor and Reo Hatate were the only three survivors from Wednesday's 5-1 hammering of Slovan Bratislava in the Hoops' Champions League opener, with full back Alex Valle handed a debut and fellow summer signing Auston Trusty given his first start.

But the Irishman's team went into the interval completely shellshocked, with goals from Falkirk's Ross MacIver and Finn Yeats coming either side of Paulo Bernardo's fine equaliser.

It wasn't until the introduction of Nicolas Kuhn and Arne Engels in a quadruple substitution on the hour mark that the Parkhead giants finally gained total control of the game to put down their spirited opponents and set up a Hampden semi-final with Aberdeen.

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