Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has heaped praise on his skipper Scott Brown.

Rodgers claims that the 31-year-old midfielder wouldn't have looked out of place in his 2013-14 Liverpool team, which came very close to winning the Premier League.

Rodgers said: "He's someone I've been so impressed with since I first met him earlier on in the season.

"He's really devoted himself to how I've wanted the team to operate on the field and off it.

"If he was playing at a better level than he's at just now, both physically and tactically, then I'd be surprised.

"The biggest compliment I can give him is that, having worked in what is supposedly the best league in the world in terms, of being the most competitive league in the world, Scott Brown, if I look at my Liverpool team that nearly won the title, would definitely have been in it.

"There's no doubt about that, so that's the level that the guy is at as a player and as a captain – you want him on your team and on your side.

"It's the biggest accolade that I can give him. But thankfully he's chosen to play nearly 10 years at Celtic and still looks as strong and fit.

"He's devoting his life to football – his preparation, his diet. The training will always quicken him up, speed his game and get him tactically thinking.

"You saw last Sunday, he was magnificent."