BRENDAN RODGERS insists Rangers STOLE Celtic’s game-plan in the last Old Firm derby.
And the Hoops boss says his side are ready to claim it back.
Brendan Rodgers reckons Rangers stole their gameplan last time out[/caption]
The Light Blues ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at Ibrox[/caption]
And Rodgers is out for revenge against Barry Ferguson and Co.[/caption]
Gers won the last head-to-head 3-0 at Ibrox in January to leave Rodgers seething.
But he’s warned Light Blues caretaker boss Barry Ferguson it’ll be different next weekend.
Following the 2-0 Scottish Cup win over Hibs, Rodgers said: “Listen, we were well beat that day.
“Rangers stole our game that day.
“That’s normally how we play and how we do, but they took it from us and deserved the win.
“But we will be ready for the demands of that game.
“I said before, I’d never had the team really like that in any of those games.
“So the demands that are needed to play in that game, we will be ready for them next week like we were in the first game.”
Asked if he expected a different Rangers under Ferguson, Rodgers added: “I’m not sure, I’m not sure.
“I think when I analyse Rangers, I see the team that is still doing what they’ve done all season.
“Been very good in Europe, probably a wee bit inconsistent domestically.
“But the strength of the team is in counter-attack.
“It’s not when teams are camped in and connecting the game.
“So we have to be mindful of that.
“Barry will come with passion and professionalism and wanting to make a result here. But I do as well. So it will be a great game.
“We’ll look forward to it. And when it arrives, it will be brilliant.”
Rodgers’ Celts eased through to the last four the Scottish Cup and he beamed: “We were very good in the game apart from a little spell in the second-half.
“But I thought our compactness and control in the game was really, really good.
“Their keeper made some really good saves.
“We just had a wee spell in the second half for 10-12 minutes where we just loosened our passing and didn’t quite connect the game.
“So that gives them a little bit of impetus.
“When I look through the course of the game, we were very good.
“And we have to be because against a team that’s high in confidence, we wanted to control their system, how they play.
“We have to move them.
“So we’ve got to get it side to side to penetrate, to work them.
“The keeper makes some brilliant saves. But overall, I thought we were thoroughly deserving to get to the semi-final.”
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