Rodgers unconcerned by Ibrox pressure after Idah grabs Old Firm draw

Brendan Rodgers claimed Celtic ne'er felt the feared Ibrox unit aft coming down for a 1-1 gully astatine fierce rivals Rangers.

Celtic denied Barry Ferguson’s broadside a 3rd consecutive Old Firm triumph aft Adam Idah’s second-half decorativeness cancelled retired Cyriel Dessers’ opener connected the changeable of half-time.

Rodgers’ broadside had already wrapped up the Scottish Premiership rubric aft their triumph implicit Dundee United past Sunday, with this gully maintaining their 17-point pb implicit Rangers.

The Celtic brag felt his broadside coped good with a cagey Old Firm affair, and they could person stolen each 3 points if Daizen Maeda had not been denied by Liam Kelly heavy into stoppage time.

“The show level was a bully one,” Rodgers said.

“Rangers changed their structure, we were playing against a diamond, truthful erstwhile we figured that out, we had tons of moments wherever we played done that unit well.

“There weren’t excessively galore chances either side. Second half, we controlled the game.

“When you travel to Ibrox, you sometimes person 10-15 minutes wherever you’re nether existent pressure, backs to the wall, but I ne'er truly felt that. We got the goal, we deserved it.”

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Rangers’ hold for 3 consecutive league wins implicit Celtic since January 2021 was forced to spell connected aft squandering their first-half lead.

Ferguson besides missed the accidental to go the archetypal ever Rangers manager to triumph some of his archetypal 2 league meetings with Celtic successful complaint of the club.

He admitted his vexation aft the full-time whistle, with a deficiency of prime successful the decisive moments the difference.

“A spot disappointed we didn’t travel distant with 3 points,” Ferguson said. “The committedness from my players was what I asked for, truly good.

“Scored a bully goal, went successful astatine half-time, deserving of the lead. We cognize Celtic are going to travel retired [strongly successful the] 2nd half, but we weathered the tempest truly well.

“It was conscionable that spot of prime successful the extremity that we request to beryllium amended at.”