Brendan Rodgers has vowed to savour the “sweetest” title success of his career after watching his Celtic side clinch a third successive championship with what he saw as the perfect response to persistent criticism of their playing style under him.
Rodgers’ men swept aside Kilmarnock 5-0 in Ayrshire to maintain an unassailable six-point lead over Rangers, and the manager was understandably keen to revel in the familiar denouement to a season in which he has not had his troubles to seek, not least in the popular perception that Celtic’s play had become overly laboured since his return last summer.
“When I look at the titles they’ve all been special but this has been the most challenging for so many reasons and some out [outside] of
