Brendan Rodgers ranks Falkirk BETTER than Rangers after Celtic comeback
Brendan Rodgers has ranked Falkirk as the best side his Celtic team have come up against this season.
The Bairns may have come out on the wrong end of a 5-2 scoreline but they had led the Hoops until the 70th minute after which things fell apart. Ross MacIver had smashed them into an early lead and after Paulo Bernardo equalised, Finn Yeats restored it.
Rodgers made a string of changes in the second half and they had a big impact on the game with sub Nicolas Kuhn scoring two and Adam Idah, who had started, smashing in a double too. But the Northern Irishman was full of praise for John McGlynn's side, who he reckons were better than Rangers or any of the other Premiership sides they've faced.
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He told Premier Sports: "Got to give immense credit to Falkirk. I've really enjoyed watching and analysing them because in terms of a football idea, the game, what John's doing...they're probably the best team that we've played this season in terms of how they want to work the game, how they want to work the ball. So they can be really proud of how they done.
"They pressed it really well, they were aggressive. They came with the 4-3-3 to try and disrupt and in the end they got a very good first goal."
Asked by Michael Stewart if it was good to see Falkirk having more of a go than Premiership sides, he added: "Absolutely, it's great. If it happens more when I have my starters playing that would be fantastic. I think their attitude to the game is very, very good. John has brought that to Raith and Falkirk and will get his rewards for that. But it's never easy.
"They had nice mobility, good technicians in the team, good pace in good areas and maybe not every team has that. They play a different style."