Tucked up with tea and toast and football on the TV isn’t everyone’s idea of the high life.

Yet, as Brendan Rodgers savoured the first trophy of his managerial career and the first of his Celtic tenure, it was a night at home that gave him the chance to take stock.

Not that the Hoops manager allowed himself much of a breather.

Rodgers re-watched the 3-0 win over Aberdeen on Sunday night after an emotional address to the Parkhead support - and then watched it again on Monday night and Tuesday night.

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His players were given the go-ahead to let their hair down, but for Rodgers there was a brief moment of enjoying the Hampden triumph before moving swiftly on.

“I was home at 8.30pm,” said Rodgers. “You guys were out longer than me. After the game I went back to the stadium. I had a drink with the directors, I spoke to the staff at the club and I was home at 8.30 with a cup of tea and a bit of toast and I watched the game again.

“I was reading some of the reports and hearing that I would have been going long into the night but no I was at home, absolutely shattered.

“I said to the players to make sure they went away and had a couple of days and really enjoy it. Some decided to go for a meal, some decided to go and have a real good time. That is absolutely fine. For me, I just want to be around people that I am close with and family and analyse the game.

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“You don’t really get away from it. We were off Monday and Tuesday and I watched the game again on Monday and Tuesday. It’s your life.

“Most managers are the same, I’m not unique. I tried to make management my profession.”

The Celtic manager also sought to clarify his meaning when he said in the build-up to last week’s final that the silverware did not mean anything to him personally.

Rodgers was content to take a backseat as his players and backroom staff enjoyed their moment at Hampden, and he acknowledged that the moment of lifting the trophy probably meant more to those closest to him and the supporters than it did to him as a coach.

“I think for them it is everything. Don’t get me wrong, it is great, it is absolutely brilliant. I couldn’t have been happier. It was fantastic. But as a coach you are very quickly out of that moment. You think about the game, about how can improve, how can you be better. But for my family, for supporters it was amazing. Incredible, great for them and the historical nature of it too being the 100th trophy. For my staff and what it meant to them. When you are in command it is a different feel because you are looking to the next one.”

And he insisted that he is well aware that he will always be judged at Celtic on the trophies he can deliver.

Hinting that there had been some ambiguity about the nature of his comments in terms of what getting his hands on silverware meant, Rodgers explained:

“You see my teams; I win and I want to win,” he said. “The question was asked of me, what does it mean personally and of course I want to win, that is why I work, why I am a manager and what I am judged on, but my mother and father died extraordinary people, good people.

“They never had a trophy. They never got a trophy in their life. There are many people in the world do great things but never get a trophy. That was my point, that it wouldn’t change me. “Of course I want to see my teams win and I recognise that I am judged on that. When I am asked about how I feel about, if I am worried what it says about me on Wikipedia, what I want to say is that I am a good guy, I help people develop and improve and do charity work – that is what is more important to me.

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“But do I want to win? Of course I do. But my ambition is for the club and the club’s success. That is important to recognise the difference. It doesn’t mean I am not emotional about winning. I want to win; you see my team?

“They are winning and it is not by chance. We work hard at it and we have a focus as a team and we prepare the team to win. There are more things important to me in life than a trophy, that is what my point is.”

Although Rodgers did admit to some emotion when he spoke to the supporters outside the stadium on Sunday evening. The Celtic manager is a self-possessed and calm figure yet there was a glimpse of something less pragmatic when he spoke with genuine feeling, voice cracking, to the Hoops support.

“I had a flashback of something that was important to me. It was a nice feeling. It was a great day for everyone and then just to thank the supporters. I was wishing there were people there in my life who aren’t here any more so you get a wee sudden flash of something. It was a great day all day round. A great performance all round and we won.”