Being Celtic boss isn't good for one thing as Brendan Rodgers diagnosis cures crippling Fir Park woe

Brendan Rodgers admits being Celtic boss is bad for the blood pressure.

But the Parkhead gaffer insisted his side's nerve-shredding late win at Fir Park shows the Hoops still have the heart for the title fight. The champions looked set to lose ground on rivals Rangers after going into the break a goal down against Motherwell. But Adam Idah followed up his leveller with a stoppage time second before Luis Palma completed the job to cut the gap at the top to two points and prove they have a Premiership pulse.

Rodgers said: “Celtic’s never good for the blood pressure, that’s for sure! It never is. It shows the belief, and that has to be at the forefront of everything, because that comes before performance. It hasn’t been the most fluent this season for so many reasons, but now I think we are getting some key players back and it is starting to really stiffen it up for us. It allows us to have that base to attack the games, and they have that belief to keep going. It is what this club is known for, and every group has to have it. If you play for Celtic, you need to keep going until the very end.”

Rodgers admitted Celts send the stress levels through the roof but he insisted his half-time message was to keep their cool. The Hoops boss insisted he didn’t read the riot act despite a brutal opening period – but he did hook Kyogo with the Japanese ace struggling to make an impact.

Rodgers said: “No, it was just about staying calm in that moment. It was more the football and the performance, we were arriving into areas too early which gave players less options on the ball, that meant the passes were longer and they were looking into depth too much.

“Sometimes that happens in the game, so at half time it was just about staying calm,