Brendan Rodgers praises players and fans after trip to Highlands

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers was delighted to see his players reward the commitment of their supporters in a 4-1 win over Ross County.

Rodgers relayed the travel plans of a group of Irish supporters who followed Celtic to the snowbound Highlands, where temperatures were as low as -5C during the William Hill Premiership encounter.

The game did not go all Celtic's way on a frosty, bobbly pitch and the scores were level as the match entered the final 10 minutes after County substitute Jordan White levelled from the spot.

But Kyogo Furuhashi soon headed his second goal of the game and stoppage-time efforts from Arne Engels, through a retaken penalty, and Luke McCowan moved the Hoops 18 points clear at the top of the table on an afternoon when Sligo man Johnny Kenny made his debut for the visitors.

"One thing I want to say is the commitment of the supporters," Rodgers said.

"As I said to the guys before the game, there’s many reasons why we want to win the game.

"But I know a group of supporters that jumped on a boat at 3.30 this morning to travel across, to then drive a drive up to here that we drove on Friday. They were going to stand in the freezing cold and watch a game.

"I said, that is commitment, at the very bare minimum, we have to match that commitment. If we do, our quality and everything else will take us through the game.

"It’s that resilience that the team have. You have to work that way, and have the resilience, you’ll always find a way. The players did that exceptionally well. We were all feeling super cold, the pitch was really bumpy and lively, but we found a way.

"First half we could have been more than one up, should have been more than one up, and then they get pegged back with the penalty.

"But then the reaction