Brendan Rodgers says Celtic are underneath “no illusions” they’re in for a troublesome take a look at towards Borussia Dortmund in entrance of the ‘Yellow Wall’ within the Champions League.
Celtic received off to a flying begin within the final spherical, brushing apart Slovan Bratislava 5-1 final month to win their Champions League opener for the primary time, and sit second within the desk behind Bayern Munich.
Having additionally received their ultimate group-stage match final season, Rodgers’ aspect want to win three consecutive matches within the competitors for the primary time since 1976.
However developing towards final season’s runners-up, who started their marketing campaign with a 3-0 victory over Membership Brugge, is a special prospect for the Scottish champions.
Requested if this was the “acid take a look at” for his aspect, Rodgers mentioned: “I feel this stage is about as a lot in regards to the head as it’s in regards to the ability. I don’t doubt that with this workforce.
“I feel we arrive in an awesome place. I’m very relaxed and centered that we will get a outcome that builds on the primary outcome.”
Celtic have began the season in positive kind and high the Scottish Premiership having received all six of their video games, scoring 20 objectives whereas conceding none.
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Regardless of their robust begin, Rodgers is wanting again to pre-season to attract inspiration, after beating Manchester Metropolis and Chelsea in friendlies, scoring 4 occasions previous each in back-to-back matches.
“I monitor it again to pre-season,” he mentioned. “The video games that we performed there, performed some large groups and the way we wished to play at this stage.
“We received off to an excellent begin within the final spherical, so we come right here to a stadium very very like Celtic Park in that they breathe soccer, and we’re very excited by the problem.
“We’re underneath no illusions that we’re up towards a workforce who’re difficult on the very high of elite soccer, however for us, I’ve at all times mentioned, whether or not domestically or away on this competitors, it’s about making us very troublesome to play towards with and with out the ball.
“Offensively, Dortmund are excellent. They misplaced some gamers in the summertime, however I take a look at the workforce, they usually have some incredible gamers in that middle-to-top space, so will put you on the again foot at occasions.
“It’s a high aspect with high gamers, and now we have to be proper on it to get efficiency and outcome.”
