Brendan Rodgers listened to some garbage after Dortmund but I have something worth considering for Leipzig - Chris Sutton

Brendan Rodgers returned with a clear target of making progress in the Champions League.

Bergamo provided key signals for the future as well as the firm steps in the right direction. Rodgers had every right to be satisfied with his work. He’d had to listen to some utter garbage in the wake of Dortmund about his coaching, that it was one-dimensional and that he couldn’t adapt.

Rodgers had already proven it when taking a Leicester team to the Etihad and beating Manchester City 5-2 with a counter-punching performance. Following the Borussia beating, he had to put up with that rate of flak and I said clearly in this column that it wasn’t deserved because he had every right to go into that game with confidence because of the way his side were playing at the time.

The scoreline was embarrassing, but the approach could only be classed a crime if he repeated exactly the same mistakes. We could all see in Italy, he didn’t do that. That’s all you can ask for. Lessons to be learned and progression to be made. Now it’s all about taking that forward again and there’s no reason to suggest Rodgers won’t flip and match for the upcoming ties.

For example, do you take aspects from Bergamo into a home tie against RB Leipzig? I’d say it’s genuinely worth consideration. Just as I wasn’t hammering Celtic after Dortmund, I wasn’t hanging up bunting after Italy because there are areas to improve. If being picky, be cleaner in possession, but there’s no doubt it was a huge moment for the boss and his players.

With four points from three games, Celtic are probably one under-par in golfing parlance and they need to keep hitting the right shots. The adaptation was obvious. You only need to look at the selection of Adam Idah up front to see that.