Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers hailed the hunger of his side after they brushed aside Hibernian on Sunday. (More Football News)
Rodgerꦿs' side are into the quarter-finals of the Scottish L🅰eague Cup after a 3-1 victory at Celtic Park.
Daizen Maeda scored twice in the opening 15 mi🔯nutes during a one-sided start before Nicolas Kuhn's second-half finish made sure of victory after Mykola Kuharevich's header had the visitors back in the contest.
Celtic will face Falkirk in th🎐e next round, where Rodgers will hope his Scottish Premiership champions can replicate Sunday's fine performance.
"I thought we wer♉e eꩵxcellent from the start of the game. We showed our hunger," Rodgers said after the comfortable triumph.
"We said before 🍨the game that our playmaker today would be our counter-pressing. It was there and we were winning so mꩵany second balls.
"Our only real danger was from throw-ins. They've got g𝄹uys on either side who can throw it in and add a little bit of pressure and make ☂you fret a little bit.
"We dealt well with that, and their header was a great header. We don't have any complaints. We could maybe have shifted o🎐ur wall back a bitဣ but we'll learn from that."
This victory c♐ame just a week after Celtic had dispatched the same opponents 2-0, their second victory in as many league games to start the season.
The Hoops also hammered Kilmarnock 4-0🤡 in♒ their Scottish Premiership opener, with an away trip to St. Mirren the next test of their title defence.
An Old Firm chal෴lenge then awaits as Celtic welcome Rangers on September 1, though Rodgers will be confident of his side's capabilities ba🅰sed on their early showings this term.
