Celtic and Rangers played out a goalless Old Firm draw at Ibrox with few clear-cut chances and a combined xG of 0.32 (0.15 Rangers, 0.17 Celtic). John Souttar had a 31st-minute header ruled out for offside by VAR, while Kieran Tierney's 56th-minute acrobatic effort was the closest to a goal. Celtic have failed to win the opening Premiership clash against Rangers for only the third time in ten seasons. Rodgers praised defensive solidity but said the offensive game lacks quality and creativity after losing players who connected the team.
I didn't think it was a good game at all. Positive for us, we've defended well in the main at the start of the season, been very resolute. We didn't have any shots on goal against us. But our offensive game is nowhere near the level I'd like it to be at. It was a game that lacked quality. We've lost players that connected the game for us.
When you go through a spell of games you're not scoring, it can affect the other guys, and they don't quite make the forward pass, and they make the safe pass. That creativity has come out the team, and we need to find those connections again. I'm very confident we will improve. We have to. That's not the Celtic way of playing.
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