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THE BIG STORY: Brendan Rodgers has stated that referees are ‘threatening the lives and careers’ of players with their poor decisions, as players are running a risk of injury if bad challenges aren’t clamped down on.
The Celtic boss also revealed that assistant referee Frank Connor apologised to Dedryck Boyata after awarding a penalty against him in Saturday’s Betfred Cup semi-final against Hibs.
Rodgers also expressed ‘sympathy’ for under-pressure Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha and slated Motherwell’s Ryan Bowman after some of his...challenges against Rangers on Sunday. Hopefully the referees in next month’s Celtic-Motherwell trilogy deal with Motherwell’s ‘unique’ style of play.
OTHER NEWS: Celtic yesterday won the ‘FIFA Best’ award for the fans’ display against Hearts at Celtic Park in May...on the same day that the club were fined by UEFA . Talk about irony. Anyway, Celtic chairman Ian Bankier was delighted with the ‘incredible honour’.
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Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller will miss next week’s Champions League game at Celtic Park as he has suffered a thigh injury.
ON THIS DAY: In 1999 a ‘controversial’ last minute Morten Wieghorst gave Celtic a last minute 2-1 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park. Debate after the game revolved around Wieghorst’s header and if it crossed the line or not. Judge for yourself below.