Brendan Rodgers has accused a section of the Celtic support of showing a lack of respect towards Greg Taylor after chanting Kieran Tierney’s name towards the end of their side’s win over St Mirren, while also taking aim at the Celtic Park crowd for a lack of patience.

Tierney has been linked with a move back to his boyhood club in this transfer window, with Celtic in talks with Arsenal and Tierney’s representatives about a potential loan deal for the rest of the season before the left back would sign permanently when his contract expires in the summer.

Rodgers wouldn’t be drawn on how those negotiations are progressing, but he was far from impressed by some fans chanting Tierney’s name towards the end of the routine 3-0 win.

“There was a few things that I may have overheard at the end there,” Rodgers said.

“That’s a total lack of respect. Of course it is.

“Greg Taylor, he's been absolutely amazing at this club. How does he feel?

“He nearly breaks his nose [today], bleeding for the club, for a cause. It's not very respectful. You sing for another player, no matter what Kieran’s history is. I don't like that.

“There's lots of speculation, lots of names, but I wouldn't add anything to it.”

When pressed on whether the club are any closer to agreeing an extension to Taylor’s own deal, which also expires at the end of the season, Rodgers said: “Hopefully. It's been an ongoing issue, so I'm not exactly sure where it's at at the moment.

“But what I know is that a young player who's given so much to this club over a number of years, consistently. His ability, what he's done for the club. So, that needs to be explored.

“He might decide to go elsewhere. But at this moment in time, he's here, he's very much a Celtic player, and we want to support that. Hopefully we can get to some agreement to let him stay.

“I can only vouch for where I've come in here. I've had a look at his numbers before, and then his performance level, consistency, availability. And then from my time here, he's been absolutely great.

"I hear the stuff around, oh, maybe [he's not cut out for the] Champions League. But I've had hundreds of Celtic players that haven't been good enough in Champions League.

“What I know is this is a man who gives everything for this club. Hopefully we can keep him here because we're trying to build a strong squad.

“I put myself in his shoes when he’s playing left-back in the game. Especially when you're doing so much for the club and have given so much for the club.

“I'm not sure [if he’s conscious of it], I haven't spoken to him, but I don't think he can miss it. I don't think he can miss it being on the pitch. But what I know is every single day of his life it's up to him. He's there for the team, he stands up and be counted. The next mistake, he goes again.

“Like I said, his availability, his consistency over a long period of time has been absolutely brilliant. I've said it before, I commend him. I get a greater appreciation even now, walking with him, closely. I'm really hopeful that we'll keep him.”

Rodgers was also unimpressed by some sections of the Celtic Park crowd getting on top of his team for passing the ball backwards when the St Mirren game was goalless, saying those who did it don’t understand the game.

“The challenge here itself is that I have a big respect for this group of players," he said.

"Especially on a day like today, because when it was 0-0 for the first 20 minutes, and when we'd make a backward pass the crowd would be onto the team.

“That cannot happen. One, if you know about football, and two, if you can understand it when teams come here, they're going to make it really difficult.

“You can't turn up every single week and be three, four up in 20 minutes. Teams are well organised, teams are well set up, you have to work the game.

“So sometimes you have to play a backward pass to change the point of attack. We make a backward pass, and then we go to the players, and that's why I was proud of the players.

“I don't need the cheers when it's 3-0, and the support when it's 3 or 4-0, or 5-0. This team needs it.

“It's just the amount of games that they're playing, and how we play. You only need to look at the facts and how this team plays to know they're an attacking team, a creative team that creates goals and scores goals.”

The Celtic manager also pointed to his record over the past 12 months or so, and asked the crowd to trust him in such situations.

“When we decide to go back to change the point of attack, clap the players, don't panic,” he said.

“Don't start getting on to them. Because we're trying to get another level. And the best example we have of that this season was against Brugges.

“We're in the Champions League. Daizen (Maeda) is going forward, he turns, he plays a backward pass to change the point of attack. The pressure on that guy when he did that, thankfully he coped with it. But the noise, the negativity around that.

"We then change the picture, he then gets a back again, and now he's free. He cuts inside, he gets a shot.

“But that's not what football is. So for us, we play a backward pass, a sideways pass to change the point of attack. And the players deserve more. The players deserve the trust.

“And that was my feeling today. We need the support when it's 0-0. Especially amidst a run of games where there are so many games where you might be a fraction just fatigued. But we don't mention that.

“We want to attack. Look at our numbers, look at our stats. Just trust the team. Trust the management.”