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Brendan Rodgers is relishing the chance to make Champions League progress this week after moving past Kilmarnock in their Scottish Gas Scottish Cup tie at Parkhead. Skipper Callum McGregor’s strike after 12 minutes was cancelled out by teenage Rugby Park striker Bobby Wales just before the break,

BRENDAN RODGERS has never lost a Scottish Cup tie and it’s now 18 wins in a row. But without taking any deserved credit from stubborn Killie, how Rodgers’ Bhoys made heavy work of this latest

Brendan Rodgers won two Scottish Cups at Celtic during the Quadruple Treble era in his first spell at Parkhead. The Celtic manager will be keen to resume his treble-winning ways after missing out last season as the Bhoys secured a league and Scottish Cup double.

Brendan Rodgers: “No, we’re not defending it, we have to win it. And for that, we want to go in and attack the game and play to the level that we know we can. Like you say, we’ve won a trophy. We’ve got two more to aim for, and of course, it’s the next game. Our focus is very much on looking to get it off to a good start in the competition.”

The match itself was a tighter affair than most had expected, but Rodgers was just happy that his team managed to get over the line

“Then we concede from a defensive throw-in in the first half. You then need to react and we did that in the second-half. Kept fighting and working and created more chances. But listen, the objective is go get through and we did that. We take that and are in the hat for the next round.”

The Scottish Cup fifth round draw will be broadcast live on TV and should be made between 10pm and 10:30pm. You can watch it on Premier Sports 1 provided you have a subscription. You can also live stream the draw on the Premier Sports app via your smartphone, tablet or PC.

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