Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers insists they don’t seem to be feeling any additional stress as they put together to face Premiership leaders Hearts, reside on Sky Sports activities.
A shock defeat at Dundee sees them go to Tynecastle trailing the unbeaten Jambos by 5 factors.
They did reply with a 2-1 win at dwelling to Sturm Graz within the Europa League, and Rodgers expects the Hoops to proceed gaining momentum.
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“Going to Tynecastle at whatever time of the season is always a tough game, but we arrive in there in a much better place,” he stated.
“The efficiency stage, the depth within the workforce was there [vs Sturm Graz], and we’ll look to take that into the sport on Sunday.
“If I have a look at a few of our video games, there is a little bit of luck has performed an element in a few of the issues which have gone in opposition to us. I believe if we performed Hibs once more like we did, then we might have received that recreation. There’s different video games the place issues have not fairly dropped for us, after which there’s been different video games like Dundee the place we have been nowhere close to the usual of a membership like Celtic.
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Hearts head coach Derek McInnes seems to be forward Sunday’s match in opposition to Celtic because the Scottish Premiership leaders host the champions – reside on Sky Sports activities.
“Fortunately, it is a lengthy season. Hearts have began nicely, doing the fundamentals of the sport nicely. They have a supervisor in Derek who is aware of his manner round Scottish soccer and will get his groups nicely organised and nicely ready.
“But there’s no challenging phases as we just need to be better within ourselves. Thankfully, last night we’ve seen that, and we can take that real positive mentality now into the game on the weekend.”
Celtic’s Cameron Carter-Vickers (L) may very well be out till March
Celtic have been dealt a serious blow with information that Cameron Carter-Vickers will likely be out for “between three and five months” with an harm suffered of their European win.
“He looks like he’s done his Achilles, which can be anywhere between three and five months,” stated Rodgers.
“We’re just awaiting confirmation of that, but it’s not great news. But we’ll see where that one goes.
“Cam’s been a vital member of the squad, in fact, and he is been a terrific centre-half for the membership, however what I all the time assume it does is it opens the door and offers a chance to another person.
“That opportunity came to Liam Scales, and he’s been brilliant in my time here.”
