Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has expressed his delight with his side's come-from-behind win against Motherwell on Saturday and insists that their second half performance showed that they are a team with a winning mentality.
The Bhoys went two goals down in the first half of the match, with the first strike coming as early as the third minute for Motherwell.
However, Rodgers' team showed character to come from behind to register four second half goals, to Motherwell's one, with the winning strike coming in the 90th minute of the match.
Reflecting on his team's performance overall, the former Liverpool manager said that their first half performance was disappointing defensively as the back four lay too deep, failing to allow the side to press.
However, changing the shape of the team led to Celtic being more mobile and in spite of the gaps being created the players, Rodgers insists, responded well to win the match in the end.
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“I’m absolutely delighted with the result, and the second half performance showed we are a winning team with a winning mentality", Rodgers told his club's official site.
“In the first half we were disappointing defensively. The team couldn’t press like we do as the back four were too deep, particularly my two centre-halves. We weren’t aggressive enough in the game.
"Up front, we didn’t hold it up so our game was a little bit broken and they were deserving of their lead, and I thought they scored two really good goals but poor defending from us.
“We needed to change the momentum of the game so we changed the shape of the team, going to three-diamond-three to give them different problems and give us more numbers inside, keeping the width and it also allowed us to attack but still have the stability of the back-three.
“It was a big risk at 2-0, especially with the spaces that sometimes it can leave, but the players were exceptional in how they accepted the risk and the level they played at technically and how they worked the spaces tactically, and the goals were sublime."
