It has been another season of light work from Brendan Rodgers at Celtic.
Make no bones about it, Celtic winning four titles in a row, including 14 of the last 15 titles, is nowhere near as easy as it looks.
It’s just the fact that Celtic are Scotland’s most successful team for a reason, so the unthinkable can be delivered for a reason.
On Wednesday night, Celtic travelled to Pittodrie to take on Aberdeen in the Premiership, with Jimmy Thelin’s side still pushing to finish third in the table.
Of course, this is a dress rehearsal for the Scottish Cup final at Hampden on May 24, and Rodgers did the expected.
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Brendan Rodgers rings the changes for Celtic’s clash at Aberdeen
Many knew that Rodgers was going to make changes from Celtic’s win over Hibernian from the weekend, including Daizen Maeda not travelling with the squad.
But it was just a case of how many changes, with the Celtic manager making eight changes in total, including handing youngster Johnny Kenny his first start in the green and white colours.
Chris Sutton was quick to take to social media when the team news dropped, and it’s pretty clear what Rodgers was doing ahead of the Hampden final.
‘Celtic reserves’, wrote the former striker.
The Celtic bench players who made themselves known
Maik Nawrocki started at the back, alongside Auston Trusty, and he opened the scoring with a brilliant header in the first half.
Hyunjun Yang was another man who started, and he too made himself known by doubling the scoring just before the end of a lengthy first half.
Before Luke McCowan joined that party, alongside youngster Johnny Kenny, who was handed his first start, as Adam Idah came off the bench to score again.
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