Ange Postecoglou has revealed Celtic's recent success in scoring from set-pieces is no fluke.
Stephen Welsh popped up in the opening day of the season against Aberdeen with new signing Moritz Jenz scoring in back-to-back starts for the Hoops in games with Ross County and Kilmarnock. Returning defender Carl Starfelt was also on target in the win over the newly promoted Premiership side at Rugby Park last time out.
Finding the back of the net has never been a struggle for Celtic but with four goals out of ten so far this season coming from centre-backs, the Aussie boss admits it comes down to the hard work and pushing of each other at training on a daily basis. Speaking about the recent success from dead balls, he said: "It’s great for us that they’re contributing because we want to have multiple threats. We’re obviously not the biggest team in the world, but that doesn’t mean we can’t impose ourselves in the opposition box when the need arises.
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“Welshy got a great goal in the first game, Moritz has got himself a couple and Carl got one on Sunday. It’s another bow in our armoury to hurt teams with and I think that’s important."
Celtic find themselves winning plenty of corners and set pieces due to the high volume of pressure they put on opposing teams and Postecoglou says the dead ball situations are an important part of the champions' game.
He added: “I think that plays into the team we are.
"We get a lot of corners and set-pieces because of the pressure we put on opposition teams. That gives us the opportunity to get the ball into those dangerous areas so from our perspective it’s an important part of our game.
“We want to be a team that’s got multiple threats going forward.
“Our centre halves are contributing at the moment which is great, but it’s not just the starting XI, guys coming off the bench.
“There’s no doubt about it, we want to be a team that scores goals and has multiple avenues to do that.
“There’s different ways you can score goals in a game of football and your position shouldn’t stop you from doing that.
“If you’re in that area you take your chances.
“They are getting those rewards in creating those moments because they are really committed to what we want to be and I see that every day with their training.
“What we see on game-day is the result of them working really hard at training and pushing each other.”
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