Brendan Rodgers insists Rangers’ restricted restoration time is just not a bonus for Celtic in Sunday’s League Cup closing.
Philippe Clement’s facet drew 1-1 with Tottenham in Thursday evening’s Europa League recreation at Ibrox, whereas Celtic performed out a Champions League stalemate at Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.
“We have performed with very restricted time to get better ourselves and performed superb video games so it would not actually come into it,” Celtic boss Rodgers mentioned.
“We have had an additional couple of days but it surely’s a closing and each crew arrives within the closing.”
Rodgers has misplaced simply considered one of 19 derby conferences with Rangers, successful 15, throughout his two spells on the Celtic helm.
“I do know what it means to folks, this recreation, and we now have a lot of these [derby] video games all through the season,” he added.
“You by no means get drained or bored of them. It is such an iconic fixture all through the world so to have the likelihood to have so many within the season is superb.
“That is what we’re constructed for, the more durable the problem, that is what we relish.
“It isn’t some other recreation, it is an iconic recreation for everybody to be concerned in.
“That is not misplaced on me however from a training perspective it is about what permits us to carry out and for us that is to remain calm, have a look at our ways within the recreation and the way we pitch that to the gamers to allow them to go and play.”