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The moment Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers was 'angriest he's ever been' as Callum McGregor lifts lid
Callum McGregor wants to avoid dressing down at St Johnstone after admitting Brendan Rodgers was as angry as he's seen him last time.
The last time Celtic were in Perth was in December last year and it was when they were going through a sticky patch. They had recently lost two league games against Hearts and Kilmarnock as they threatened to allow Rangers back into the title race. In need of a result at McDiarmid Park, they turned in a sluggish first half display.
Diallang Jaiyesimi handed the home side an early lead and that remained the only goal of the game by half-time. Cue a rollicking from the Northern Irishman as he told his team in no uncertain terms that they needed to step things up when they went back out there. The result was a 3-1 victory after a much improved second half.
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Asked if he'd like to avoid another rocket from his manager, McGregor said: “Oh for sure, aye, absolutely. It was a bit of a difficult day and we managed to turn it around in the end (McGregor scored in the second half as Celtic won 3-1). But, again, it's another lesson. If you don't do your work properly, if you don't do all the small details, if you don’t earn the right to win, then any game can be difficult.
“The players understand that and the full focus this week is about this game. We want to try and get a positive result, positive performance and then take it into the midweek game as well.”
He added: “It was certainly the angriest I've seen him. I think that's the statement that everyone kind of clings onto. Because he's normally very, very calm under pressure.
“I think it was just maybe a step too far that day. Of course, the pressure and the situation and how the team had been playing up to that point probably played a factor in it as well.
“But you're in elite level sport so you have to take criticism and you have to take the manager's view on board. If you're not doing well or you're not doing the things that you should as a team then you have to be told and I'm sure the players want it that way as well.
“Now nine months on is the group are in a really good place and probably better for that reaction at half-time. Obviously different players probably react differently to criticism or those moments of red button panic stations.
“When you see someone like the manager losing his cool and demanding more then it makes you want to turn the thing around and get a positive result, which we obviously did on that day. The second half performance was much, much better.”
