Brendan Rodgers adamant rival boss will backtrack on Adam Idah claim as Celtic boss faces striker scan sweat

Brendan Rodgers is facing a scan sweat over Adam Idah after Sunday’s eye-watering challenge at Fir Park.

The hitman spent Tuesday with medical staff assessing his injury suffered following Liam Gordon’s lunge at the weekend. Motherwell gaffer Stuart Kettlewell insisted the tackle wasn’t worthy of a late red in Celtic’s 3-0 win.

But Rodgers is convinced the Well boss will have changed his mind in the cold light of day as he waits to discover if the Ireland striker will be back for this weekend’s Premier Sports Cup semi showdown with Aberdeen.

The Hoops manager – who also is monitoring Callum McGregor – said: “We haven't lost Adam yet, so we'll wait and see what the scan says. But yes, it wasn't a great challenge. I don't think, like I said, after the game, and you don't have a lot of time as a manager and coach to look at these things in great detail, but when you actually come away and look at it, I still feel that he obviously didn't mean to do harm with it, but it was a poor challenge.

“For managers after a game, it's sometimes difficult because you're coming in to address your players, there's so many things you're having to look at, and then very quickly you're out into your press duty for an hour or so or whatever.

“So, yes, sometimes as a manager, you don't quite get that true look at it and reflection to it.

"But I'm pretty sure when he sees it again, I said afterwards that the player didn't look like he was obviously meant to make the challenge he did, but it's still a poor challenge He was on the stretch, he's off the floor and it's a bad challenge. So, I don't think you can deny that it's not that. So, I think when Stuart sees it again, he will see that as well.

“I respect he has to defend the player, but