Brendan Rodgers insists he is determined to silence the doubters who are trying to drag him down. The fired up Hoops boss reckons there are a section of snipers who are out to paint Celtic as a club in crisis – despite sitting top of the Premiership and into the last eight of the Scottish Cup.
Rodgers’ men saw off spirited St Mirren in Paisley on Sunday to set up a quarter-final clash with Livingston at Parkhead next month.
The 2-0 victory made it eight wins and draw in their last nine games in all competitions – including six clean sheets. But Rodgers has bristled at some of the criticism of his team and him personally – and vowed to come out fighting.
The Celtic boss – who revealed troubled Liel Abada was left out yesterday as his mind wasn’t on the game – said: “I don’t think it’s a crisis.