BRENDAN RODGERS wasn’t overly-enthusiastic when Celtic won at the Aviva Stadium back on August 11 2013.
There was a good reason for that – the Irishman was in the opposition dug-out in front of a sell-out 51,000 crowd in Dublin.
The second time-around Hoops boss was in charge of Liverpool at the time and Neil Lennon’s young team triumphed by a solitary strike from recent signing Amido Balde in the 12th minute.
DUBLIN DREAMLAND…Amido Balde celebrates the game’s only goal.
THE WHISTLER…Brendan Rodgers attempts to attract the attention of his players.
RED ALERT…Beram Kayal and Steven Gerrard watch the action at the Aviva.
Unfortunately, it turned out to be a false dawn for the towering 22-year-old hitman who had cost £1.2million from Portuguese outfit Vitoria Guimaraes only two months beforehand.
He netted a mere three goals in 20 dismal appearances before his contract was scrapped in the summer of 2015 with two years still to run.
In the Anfield ranks that afternoon was Steven Gerrard who, of course, would lock horns with Rodgers and the Hoops later on in his career when he was manager at Ibrox.
The Celtic team at the Aviva was: Zaluska (sub: Forster 46); Matthews, Lustig (sub: Fisher 46), Mouyokolo, Izaguirre (sub: Findlay 65); McGeouch, Irvine, Kayal (sub: George 83), Watt (sub: Henderson 83); Stokes and Balde (sub: Atajic 69).
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