Rodgers praises 'passion' of goalscorer McCowan after Fir Park win
Brendan Rodgers heaped praise on Luke McCowan as the summer-signing stepped in to replace club captain Callum McGregor in the side's 3-0 win at Fir Park. Motherwell threatened in the early stages with midfielder Lennon Miller hitting both the post and the bar before McCowan scored for his boyhood club. McCowan, signed on deadline day from Dundee, was in from the start to replace the absent McGregor and his manager knows just how much it will have meant to him "I’m so happy for him," Rodgers said.
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Motherwell v Celtic: Changes
Motherwell make two changes for the visit of Celtic with defender Marvin Kaleta and midfielder Tom Sparrow replacing Dan Casey and Zach Robinson, who both make the bench. There's no Callum McGregor in the Celtic squad with right-back Alistair Johnston captaining the visitors in the midfielder's absence. Luke McCowan and Paulo Bernardo replace McGregor and Arne Engels in midfield and there are also two changes in attack with James Forrest and Kyogo Furuhashi taking over from Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah. Engels, Idah and Kuhn are on the bench, as is returning defender Cameron Carter-Vickers.
Celtic's Kenny on target for Shamrock - gossip
Though Celtic drew 0-0 with Atalanta in the Champions League, one of their players did get a European goal this week with Johnny Kenny, on loan at Shamrock Rovers, netting in the 4-1 Conference League win over Larne. (Sun) Celtic captain Callum McGregor says Tuesday's performance was from a team that wanted "to be a team that does the talking on the pitch". (Record) Read Friday's Scottish gossip
Slovan win a Champions League career high for McGregor
Captain Callum McGregor says Celtic delivered the best performance of his 11-year Champions League career in Wednesday's 5-1 win over Slovan Bratislava. Given it was just the third victory the midfielder has experienced in the competition, perhaps that assessment is expected. But Brendan Rodgers' side completely overwhelmed the Slovakian champions in Glasgow, with McGregor hailing the second-half display in particular as "outstanding". Asked if the win was a career high as a player in the tournament, the 31-year-old said: "Yeah, I think so. You win 5-1, then it's obvious. But I just thought the performance level, especially second half, was outstanding.