Brendan Rodgers: Celtic boss says the club leading the Scottish Premiership is a permanent fixture, not Rangers’ problem | Football news

Brendan Rodgers says Celtic will dominate the Scottish Premiership title race because of their consistency, not Rangers’ problems.

The Hoops – who take on Ross County on Saturday. Live on Sky Sports – Dundee United and Rangers draw at Dundee to go 15 points clear of their old rivals.

Celtic have won 18 of their 21 league games this season, their only defeat being a 3-0 loss at Ibrox, as they lifted the league title and added to their title.

However, despite Celtic’s domestic dominance, Rodgers insists there will be no complacency among his squad.

“I think we led by 15 points because we were consistent,” he said. Sky Sports News. “There can be a lot of focus on other teams and Rangers, for example, being so far behind.

But then you can look at it and go, well, Celtic have played very, very well in the series and they haven’t slipped much and they’ve proven this consistency.

“When you have that resilience as a team and mentality as a team it can give you that competitive advantage. But for us the focus is always on ourselves and Celtic and how we work and how we play and hopefully it continues to deliver those consistent results.

“I don’t think there can be complacency here. I think there will be a challenge where people will be very satisfied and happy with how things can be, but not in the big clubs. You can never do that. That’s it. What we have shown in the series will happen.

Rogers called for the winter break to start again

Celtic may be without many attacking options in Dingwall on Saturday, with James Forrest and Luis Palma ruled out of the trip to the Highlands, while Nicolas Kuhn and Daisen Mada are doubts due to muscle injuries.

The game will be Celtic’s fourth in 10 days and Rodgers is in favor of restarting the winter break “if possible”.

“When I was here, we knew December was going to be a tough time to get through all of this,” he added.

“Then you’ve got your New Year’s game and then you’ve got two weeks to reset, freshen up and then go on for the second part of the season.

“To actually play a lot of games at that time, now that we don’t have a break, it’s a real challenge. You can’t deny that.”

“We will do everything we can to produce the best performances and results and focus on that as much as we can. However, it is a very tough schedule.

“You have to produce the best product you can, and when you have a lot of inventory, it can be challenging.”