Brendan Rodgers savours "day that will last forever" - but insists his double treble winners Celtic can get better

Rodgers was understandably keen to wallow in the moment and praise the players who had overcome Motherwell 2-0 to add the William Hill Scottish Cup to the Betfred Cup and Ladbrokes Premiership trophies which have already been secured.

“This is a day that will last forever,” he said. “I said before the game, there is not too many days you waken up in your life with a chance of creating history.

“It is not going to be easy, it is going to be tough for us but if we play how we can play then we can make a memory that is going to last with supporters for the rest of their lives. And they did that.

“It’s a historic day for the players and everyone else who was here, whether it’s the spectators or media. For the first time for it to be achieved is great.

“Scotland is a great footballing country with a whole raft of great players and managers down the years. For us to have done it, and become the first team to have done it, is a real privilege. It’s a special day.”

Rodgers added: “It’ll probably take time for me to enjoy it. We’re at the end of a very long season and we’ve achieved three trophies to create history so it’s a special feeling. My thoughts are more with the supporters, the players and all the staff.

“I’m also thinking about the board who brought me in a couple of years ago. I’m so happy for all of them and they can really enjoying this, creating history. And especially for the supporters.

“We can be nothing but inspired by the Celtic supporters with their commitment to us. Wherever we go, they’re always there. To give them a day like today and an overall moment in history, that’s what gives me the real satisfaction.”

Yet, the Northern Irishman’s relentless pursuit of success is such that he will soon, after he has recharged his batteries on his annual holiday to Majorca this summer, turn his attentions to improving Celtic further.

Given that they have done what no other team in Scottish football history has by completing a clean sweep of domestic trophies in consecutive seasons it is a chilling declaration for their rivals and shows his determination not to let up.

"I need to push them even harder next season," he said. "They won’t get too many pats on the back. This is our job, we are here to win. I think we can be better.

"This year was always going to be difficult on the back of last but to still churn that out and have that winning mentality and produce winning performances when you really need it is a real mark of the group.

"But we need to get better again. We dropped too many points this year, especially at home. There is lots for us to push for next season, We enter every season to win and that will be the aim next season."

Rodgers added: “When you come off the back of a really successful season like last year, it’s so easy to go soft and timid and not have quite the same aggression and that’s something I was really aware of from the beginning of the season.

“We have to continue to work. We can never be satisfied. In the cycle or era that we’ll be here, for however long it is, we have to be hungry to succeed.”

Stephen Robinson, Rodgers’s opposite number, praised his side for how they fought doggedly to the final whistle, but admitted they had given themselves an uphill task by conceding twice in the opening half an hour to Callum McGregor and Olivier Ntcham.

“I thought we lost the game in the first 20, 25 minutes,” said Robinson. “We didn’t go right against them as we planned to. I thought we started brightly, but we didn’t put enough balls in behind, balls in the box like we are good at and we sat off them for the two goals. Maybe against lesser players if you sit off them you don’t get punished.

“But I have to say I was pleased with the character after that. You always worry you might get punished, but I have to give credit to the youngest squad in the league for putting on that second half display.”