Ange Postecoglou reckons not many teams in Europe will have matched Celtic’s flawless recent domestic run. Goals from Japanese pair Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda earned the champions a 2-1 win at Motherwell and kept them seven points clear in the Premiership.
Victory at Fir Park was an eighth successive domestic triumph in the period since the last international break in mid-September. Despite having Champions League commitments to contend with, Celtic have kept crystal clear focus on matters at home. Postecoglou commended his troops as he urged them to finish it off against Ross County on Saturday. He said: “We’ve had perfect league form in such a period of real fixture congestion, including Europe. There wouldn’t be many teams in Europe who have gone through that period and had the level of results we’ve had. It’s credit to the guys as it’s not easy.
“I’ve got no doubt that we can finish strong on Saturday. All the boys who have come through this will feel better about themselves for having come through it. Obviously we’ve got a strong squad, but sometimes that makes it tough, too, because you bring players in and it changes things. It’s important for us that as we continue to build and become a better side, the more we’re resilient through difficult times because they will always come, it’s never all going to be easy. So the fact it is there is good.”
