Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has told his players to enjoy a day off before getting down to business ahead of Saturday's William Hill Scottish Cup final at Hampden.

The Parkhead side lost to Aberdeen yesterday afternoon as they hosted a Championship party and while Rodgers believes the afternoon had to be seen in the context of the season, he will nevertheless be looking to get a better performance out of his players this weekend than one put in against the Pittodrie side.

It was a tired display from Celtic yesterday - "that was our 60th competitive game," - explained Rodgers but he is looking for one more big performance from his side as the Hoops aim for an unprecedented back-to-back Treble.

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"I will sit with the staff and we will have a look during the week," said Rodgers. "Think about what is the best plan to beat Motherwell, then from there we will try to pick the best team to implement that plan. I have quality in that squad, we can enjoy tonight, recover and then get ready for the next game."

Moussa Dembele played for 50 minutes before the arrival of Leigh Griffiths and it was important for both players to get some game time.

"Thankfully Moussa has come through the game and we tried to some minutes into Leigh, because between the two of them they are our two options really," explained the Celtic manager. "It is a case of balancing with the other players. There are two ways you can go. You could rest them all but then you don’t play a game for two weeks and you can be undercooked.

"When we won away up at Aberdeen earlier on they had played on the Saturday and then weren’t playing on the following Wednesday. We had played three games in between. We played the Sunday, Wednesday and the Saturday in the semi-final at Hibs. When we played them, we were still in a good rhythm."

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There will be a lingering accusation towards Celtic from Rangers than their failure to beat Aberdeen robbed the Ibrox side of their chance to finish in second place.

Rangers and Hibs slugged out a 5-5 draw through on Leith with Neil Lennon stealing the headlines but those who watched Rodgers' frustration on the touchline will testify as to how much he wanted a result.

“Joe Lewis made a great save at the end," he said. "As soon as we went 1-0 down, we went to three-diamond-three to try and get as many attackers on the pitch as we could.

“We knew we wouldn’t concede so many opportunities from that moment. We did everything to actually try and win the game. So I think conspiracy in this case certainly wouldn’t apply.

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“I thought the team with the greater need to win the game, won the game.

"We didn’t play so well but over the bigger picture of the 38 games I thought we thoroughly deserved to win the title.

“I told the players to make sure they celebrate it over the next day or so, then we can get focused for next week.

“It is always disappointing when you lose and that’s the first time we have lost here in the league in the two seasons I’ve been here.

“But you’ve got to put that to the side and look at the bigger picture. The guys have had an incredible season again, with extra scrutiny and extra expectation on them. So to go and win the league was absolutely great.

“Congratulations to Aberdeen, because they were in a fight to try and finish second. So it’s been a really good day for them.

"I tried to kick the water bottle and near enough broke my ankle on the astroturf. I was raging. I should be fine for the cup final, I’m just not looking forward to taking my shoe off! It swells."

Scott Brown is also set to be declared fir for Hampden after taking a hefty knock late in the game.

"It was a bad tackle, it was late, it was right on the foot when the ball was well gone," said Rodgers, "But hopefully he will be okay."