Brendan Rodgers went out of his way with Celtic second coming declaration and now must be man of his word – Keith Jackson

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The League Cup has been tucked away already, all dressed up in green and white ribbons.And Celtic are so far ahead in the race to the title that Rangers need to throw a double six and come up with a couple of snookers into the bargain to have any chance of stopping four in a row from becoming reality.

So, when Brendan Rodgers rolled around in the managerial mud with Derek McInnes on Saturday evening and just about managed to come out on top, then a huge step was taken towards the completion of yet another domestic treble.McInnes remains the only manager in the country to have defeated Rodgers in any cup competition over the Northern Irishman’s two stints in charge and the Kilmarnock boss came close again at the weekend before his side eventually succumbed to Daizen Maeda’s winner late in the second half.

It’s actually getting borderline ridiculous now. So much so, in fact, that Rodgers might be the first boss in the history of the Scottish game to regard the securing of a domestic clean sweep as the very minimum ambition for the season ahead.

But that’s very probably one of the priority targets he set for his players last summer - a time of the year when Rodgers traditionally makes a habit of jotting down his desires and expectations for the campaign to come.