Brendan Rodgers had a wry smile on his face after he hit the deck in Celtic’s mauling of Aberdeen this afternoon.
The manager was furious after Daizen Maeda and Alex Valle had suffered a mix-up and the ball had gone out of play.
It rolled towards the Northern Irishman and he took a swipe at the ball, hoofing it back onto the pitch and taking a tumble for his troubles.
Referee Kevin Clancy added to Rodgers’ embarrassment when the boss eventually stood up to a yellow card as he accepted he had crossed a line according to the laws of the game.
It came at a moment his side were already 3-0 up and running riot just before the break but perfectionist Rodgers was still unhappy with what he’d seen from his players.
After the 6-0 hammering of the Dons at Hampden, Rodgers was quizzed about the awkward moment on Premier Sports’ coverage.
But rather than make excuses, the 51-year-old took a tongue-in-cheek stance and laughed it off – blaming his shoes for letting him down at the worst possible moment.
Asked by presenter Connie McLaughlin where his studs were, Rodgers chuckled: “It’s a poor one. They’re Tom Fords…”
Why Brendan Rodgers was booked for Celtic during their Aberdeen win
Grinning Charlie Mulgrew couldn’t resist chiming in as he asked: “They don’t make Tom Ford’s with studs on them?”
To which the gaffer added: “I’ll need to find out!
“In fairness I was raging because we had given the ball away and we were a bit slow on it. It was a deserved yellow card. It was just the game, I wanted us to play that fraction quicker even though we were comfortable in the game at 3-0.”
Daizen Maeda hit a hat-trick vs Aberdeen to see Celtic into the Premier Sports Cup Final
Celtic romped past the Dandies to put them back in their place following a strong Scottish Premiership start.
Cameron Carter-Vickers got the scoring off to a start before Kyogo made it 2-0 and then Daizen Maeda would make it three before the break.
It was 4-0 when Maeda notched his brace before he nabbed a hat-trick after Nicolas Kuhn had ensured his name also made the scoresheet.
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