Wolves workout was perfect for us Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers

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Brendan Rodgers felt Celtics 1-1 draw with Wolves in their Dublin friendly was perfect preparation for next weeks cinch Premiership curtain-raiser.Japan striker Kyogo Furuhashi opened the scoring for the Hoops in the sixth minute after Reo Hatate had earlier struck the woodwork.Celtic mi sed several chances, with Furuhashi hitting the top of a post, although the Premier League side had chances of their own.Rodgers men continued to dominate after the break and new South Korean duo Yang Hyun-jun and Kwon Hyeon-kyu came on for their first appearances.However, Wolves Brazilian striker Matheus Cunha, who hit a post early Brandon McCarthy Jersey in the second half, levelled from the penalty spot in the 85th minute after Hoops goalkeeper Joe Hart was adjudged to have brought down substitute Matt Doherty in the box.Rodgers told Viaplay Sports: It feels like a lo s whenever you concede late on, but the workout was perfect for us.I thought we had some spells of fantastic football, defensively against a good side, good players you have to defend and its the perfect type of game that we needed.Of course the game gets a bit broken when youre making changes and you lose that fluency and the rhythm of the game, so Im probably in that stage, second half, the last 25 minutes, we gave the ball away too much.So we have to be better in that aspect.But overall, were really pleased, a great exercise for us against a good side.Its very important in any team of mine to look R.A. Dickey Jersey to impose and initiate the game as high up the pitch as you can and like I said, we have guys that are willing to work and run and they worked very well.It was a great finish by Kyogo but we had other chances as well, some other fantastic chances, but it was a really good exercise.Celtic play Spanish side Athletic Bilbao in James Forrests testimonial game at Parkhead on Tuesday night before the Scottish champions begin the league season against Ro s County on August 5.Rodgers said: I just think its building again on the fitne s aspects, the positioning.The team obviously plays well but there are certain phases of the game where we can improve. I thought in the build-up in the early stages we were very good, and then its dealing with a little bit more pre sure.On Tuesday well play two 45-minute teams. We need to get some minutes into their legs and obviously then that will be a final preparation game before the season starts. So thats Terry Pendleton Jersey the idea for Tuesday.
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