Celtic strengthened their chances of another Scottish Premiership title with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Dundee United.
Rodgers rested Daizen Maeda from the start after the Japan international netted for Celtic in Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat by the Germans and caused them plenty of problems after moving from the wing into a centre-forward position.
Maeda, Greg Taylor, Arne Engels and Nicolas Kuhn were all handed substitute roles after starting against Bayern.
Callum McGregor fired the Hoops ahead as they looked to return to winning ways after Bayern Munich inflicted their first home defeat of the season in the first leg of their Champions League play-off.
Jota netted his first Parkhead goal since returning to the club, a lovely curling shot into the bottom corner, to double their lead before the break.
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Jota’s performance could persuade Rodgers to start the former Benfica winger in Munich and unleash Maeda on Bayern’s centre-backs
They continued to dominate and Adam Idah’s brilliant strike from the edge of the box late on wrapped up the win to move them 16 points clear of Rangers, who play Hearts on Sunday live on Sky Sports.
Dundee United, who are without a win since mid-January, drop to fourth after Aberdeen ended their winless streak.
But Idah delivered a late example of what he is capable of when he brought down a headed clearance on the edge of the box and volleyed into the top corner to notch his fifth goal in five matches.
Visiting goalkeeper Jack Walton survived the first quarter of the game without having a shot to save as efforts from Idah and Cameron Carter-Vickers flew off target.
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