Brendan Rodgers salutes Celtic's killer instinct after Alashkert's victory | Football News

Brendan Rodgers has saluted his Celtic players after finishing a 3-0 victory with two goals late in the first leg of the Champions League against Alachkert.

The champions of Scotland had to deal with the dazzling heat of Yerevan, but they led 1-0 to the break thanks to a goal from Odsonne Edward, who made his contract loan from Paris Saint-Germain during the summer.

The French striker redirected James Forrest to the goal for his first European goal for the Hoops, but the visitors simply refused to defend their lead, and they surely took their place. In the second qualifying match against Valur Reykjavik or Rosenborg, Forrest scored a second in the 81st minute before Callum McGregor added a third in the 90th minute.

"It's a great honor for players and medical staff". "We know that we still have a long way to go to reach full capacity, but at this point, to show that hunger and the desire to keep working until the very end, it was a real winning difference.

kept on pushing and kept working and they got their rewards. "A good match sheet was important because if you start to get tired in the game, you might lose a goal at a lower cost, but we did not do it." We focused well and scored three very good goals. "