Brendan Rodgers says English football shouldn't underestimate Celtic's achievement in Neil Lennon tribute

Brendan Rodgers was “so happy” Celtic finished off the quadruple-treble he started, and paid tribute to the players and his Parkhead successor, Neil Lennon.

Brendan Rodgers has praised Celtic's achievement - and doesn't think it will be repeated. (Picture: SNS Group Ross MacDonald)

The Leicester City manager earned the first seven of the club’s 12 domestic trophies in a row which formed the quadruple-treble, completed by Sunday’s 2020 William Hill Scottish Cup final win.

Rodgers said the achievement puts Lennon in a ‘unique’ position in history – and shouldn’t be underestimated.

“Sometimes people down here think it's easy for Celtic, or Rangers, to win games,” he said. “But there’s not too many who can go out with the pressure you have at Celtic to win every game, so to go and win 12 consecutive trophies - it will never be done again.

Rodgers also praised Neil Lennon for taking a 'unique' place in Scottish football history (Picture: SNS Group Craig Foy)

“It really typifies the mentality of the team, and I was so happy that they did it, and for Neil Lennon to be the first manager to win a treble as a player and manager, that’s put him in a unique bracket.”

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