Brendan Rodgers knows that the requirements to be at Celtic is to try to win every game.
Of course, this doesn’t always happen and two recent league defeats after an impressive Champions League win against Feyenoord is a case in point.
The fact that losing back-to-back Premier League games is a rarity for Celtic also testifies to the quality and consistency of the team over many seasons, and it is this consistency that the manager plays for his team. to rediscover
It starts with Livingston’s visit to Celtic Park this Saturday and the Hoops boss will be looking for a peaceful performance from his side to give his supporters a pre-Christmas victory.
Ahead of the game, Brendan Rodgers said: “It’s been a good week to reflect, but you talk on the pitch and we’ve done our job and we’ll try to bring that positivity into the game tomorrow. From the first whistle you have to have the intention and the ambition and the desire to win the game and that increases the tempo of your game.
“And for us, the tempo, especially early in the game (Hearts), was nowhere near what we expected, so it was a very fair and open conclusion for us and we hope to be better going forward.
“We’ve been consistently good and then last week we weren’t good enough in the league – I can’t put it any clearer than that.
“It was obviously a very disappointing result and performance for us, but it only reinforces the strengths of our game and the importance of playing to those strengths.
“The group is a fantastic group of players and it is not an individual – that is necessary and required at a big club.
“When you prepare as well as they do and when you can take that work rate and mentality – and you have to at a club like this – it’s about constantly bringing that game and that’s part of figuring it out. It’s like playing for Celtic.