CELTIC 3 ST MIRREN 0: Bhoys bounce back from Ibrox off-day... but Rodgers goes on the offensive over fans' lack of patience
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For half an hour St Mirren proved a tough nut for Celtic to crack. And, with every backwards pass, every broken-down attack, the home support battled to keep a lid on their impatience and frustration. Unfairly, in the view of Brendan Rodgers. ‘It was 0-0 for the first 20 minutes,’ said the Celtic manager, ‘and when we’d make a backward pass the crowd would be on to the team.
![[Rodgers hails skipper Callum McGregor at full-time before turning his ire on supporters]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/19/93760267-0-image-a-56_1736106633523.jpg)
‘That cannot happen. One, if you know about football, and two, if you can understand it when teams come here, they’re going to make it really difficult. ‘You can’t turn up every single week and score three or four in 20 minutes. Teams are well organised, teams are well set up, you have to work the game.
![[Trusty was recalled to the defence in place of Scales and scored his first goal for the club]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/19/93760191-0-image-a-57_1736106637098.jpg)
‘I don’t need the cheers when it’s 3-0, and the support when it’s three, four and five-nil. Two-goal Nicolas Kuhn celebrates his second of the afternoon with Arne Engels. Rodgers hails skipper Callum McGregor at full-time before turning his ire on supporters.
![[After frustrating Celtic for long periods of the first half, Trusty's opener changed the game]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/19/93760189-0-image-a-58_1736106648926.jpg)
Trusty was recalled to the defence in place of Scales and scored his first goal for the club. ‘This team needs it. So, when we decide to go back to change the point of attack, clap the players, don’t panic. ‘Don’t start getting on to them because we’re trying to get another attack.’.
![[Returning loan keeper Zach Hemming collides with Fraser and Gogic, gifting Kuhn his second]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/19/93760201-0-image-a-60_1736106676993.jpg)
At time-up, Rodgers and his team emerged from a difficult week ended with cuts, bumps and bruises, but no sign of any lasting damage. Scotland’s champions answered questions over their powers of recovery with a reassuring win over St Mirren. On a day when Philippe Clement’s Rangers dropped more points against Hibernian, the gap at the top stretched back to 13 points.
![[Celtic's top scorer wheels away after netting his second, much to the dismay of Hemming]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/05/19/93760209-0-image-a-59_1736106660282.jpg)
