Rodgers unconcerned by gap talk

Brendan Rodgers says the gap between Celtic and Rangers is not his concern after his team’s win in Sunday’s Old Firm derby.

Celtic followed up their 5-1 victory in the Scottish Premiership last month with a 1-0 success at Hampden in the League Cup semi-finals.

Although they had to wait until three minutes from the end for Moussa Dembele’s winner, they were the better side and had significantly more possession and three times as many shots on goal.

“I’m not worried about the gap,” Rodgers said. “That’s for others to worry about, I’m only looking at the improvement for Celtic.

“If you’re asking me a comparison of the two games from a Celtic perspective, then that would be what I would comment on.

“When you actually look at the analysis of the game and compare it to our last game where we won 5-1, every number in the statistics was actually better yesterday.

“We had more possession of the ball, we had more efforts on …

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