'You never get bored of them' - Rodgers relishing high-stakes derby

Brendan Rodgers insists Rangers' limited recovery time is not an advantage for Celtic in Sunday's League Cup final.

Philippe Clement's side drew 1-1 with Tottenham in Thursday night's Europa League game at Ibrox, while Celtic played out a Champions League stalemate at Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.

"We've played with very limited time to recover ourselves and played very good games so it doesn't really come into it," Celtic boss Rodgers said.

"We've had an extra couple of days but it's a final and every team arrives in the final."

Rodgers has lost just one of 19 derby meetings with Rangers, winning 15, across his two spells at the Celtic helm.

"I know what it means to people, this game, and we have a number of these [derby] games throughout the season," he added.

"You never get tired or bored of them. It's such an iconic fixture throughout the world so to have the possibility to have so many in the season is amazing.

"This is what we're built for, the tougher the challenge, that's what we relish.

"It's not any other game, it's an iconic game for everyone to be involved in.

"That's not lost on me but from a coaching perspective it's about what allows us to perform and for us that's to stay calm, look at our tactics in the game and how we pitch that to the players so they can go and play."