Brendan Rodgers: Leaders Celtic must maintain ‘highest level’ in Scottish Premiership

After a busy fixture schedule at the start of 2025, Celtic’s game load will lighten from March to May.

“The whole point was to get to this point of the season in the best place we possibly could,” Rodgers said. “We arrive now into this stage of the season where virtually from Saturday we’ll go into one game a week.

“So the freshness, the ability to train, to work on things, becomes a great advantage for us and that’s all we can ask.”

Second-placed Rangers will have a chance to trim Celtic’s emphatic lead to 10 points for a short while at least, with interim boss Barry Ferguson’s team tackling Motherwell at Ibrox (15:00 GMT).

Yet Rangers have been unable to keep pace with Celtic this season, with Rodgers’ side pulling away.

“The players have really set a top standard,” Rodgers said. “It’s been relentless for the last three and a half months.

“In the last three months, we’ve played over half a season’s games in three months. I think it’s 23 games or something we’ve played.

“Because of the nature of how we play and the level we want to play at, they’ve been absolutely magnificent. I can’t speak highly enough of them, but we’ve still got a big job to do.”