Celtic duo Brendan Rodgers and James Forrest have won the Scottish Premiership manager and player of the month awards for October.

The Scottish champions got back to winning ways over the past month, recording emphatic wins over St Johnstone, Hibs and Dundee in the top flight, as well as a resolute 3-0 victory over Hearts in the Scottish League Cup semi-finals.

Such a turn in form has seen Rodgers’ side move in to second place in the Premiership table, while claiming their spot in the first cup final of the Scottish season.

Throughout the club’s turnaround in fortune has been the consistent, match-winning performances of Forrest.

The 27-year-old winger scored four goals against St Johnstone, provided two assists against Hibs, a goal in the semi-final showdown against Hearts and even bagged a goal in the club’s five-goal thriller against Dundee on Wednesday night.

Speaking after the win at Dens Park, Rodgers said: “The concentration has been on getting back to our level. We’re right in the flow now, in terms of goals and creativity.

“We scored five very good goals and could have had more. It was huge credit to the fitness of the boys. We pressed the game really well and showed a lot of desire to go and score goals."