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Brendan Rodgers’ five best wins as Celtic manager after celebrating 200 victories

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Brendan Rodgers celebrated a milestone win against Motherwell on Sunday.

Rodgers won his 200th game as Celtic manager after the Hoops came from behind to beat Motherwell.

It is the latest in a long list of achievements that proves why Rodgers is one of the most successful managers in Celtic history.

There have been many happy memories throughout his two spells at the club, and 67 Hail Hail is going to look back on his five best wins as the manager of the Hoops.

5. Celtic 5-1 Rangers – 10 September, 2016

This was the first Glasgow derby of Rodgers’ time at Celtic Park, and what a way to kick it off.

Moussa Dembele scored a superb perfect hat trick while Scott Sinclair and Stuart Armstrong also got themselves on the scoresheet.

It was total domination from minute one and arguably one of the best performances over the last 10 years for Celtic.

4. Rangers 2-3 Celtic – 11 March, 2018

As far as derby matches go, this is the one that lives long in the memory and the last time the Hoops were given a bumper allocation at Ibrox.

Despite going down to 10-men following Jozo Simunovic’s red card, their backs were against the wall for Celtic until Odsonne Edouard’s curling shot made it 3-2 to the Bhoys.

Considering the disadvantage they had, this was hugely impressive and was exactly what Rodgers’ first spell at the club was all about.

Odsonne Edouard celebrates scoring for Celtic against Rangers.
Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images

3. Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic – 17 February 2019

Kilmarnock in February 2019 was one of the last games under Rodgers before he moved to Leicester City.

On the face of it, winning 1-0 at Rugby Park isn’t all that impressive, but this is the game many believe proved that Celtic would win the league.

Scott Brown struck home the winner in the 89th minute of the game in front of the away supporters in a true nerves-of-steel moment.

2. Celtic 5-2 Hapoel Be’er Sheva – 17 August 2016

Champions League qualifiers were a regular part of Celtic’s start to a season, and in 2016 they hammered Israel’s Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

With a place in the group stages at stake, Celtic raced into a 3-0 lead before the break thanks to a Leigh Griffiths brace and Tom Rogic strike.

Dembele and Brown added to the scoreline in the second half, but it was one of those early-tenure Rodgers performances that are hard to forget.

1. Celtic 2-1 Aberdeen – 2017 Scottish Cup final

The chance to win a Treble was on the line for Celtic, as well as continuing an unbeaten domestic season.

Aberdeen took the lead through future Celtic man Jonny Hayes before Armstrong equalised two minutes later.

It looked as if the game would be going to extra time until Rogic waltzed past the Dons defence and fired home to win a historic unbeaten Treble for the Hoops and for Rodgers in his first season at his boyhood club.