Steven Naismith has branded Celtic's potential Tynecastle title party as 'irrelevant'.
Ange Postecoglou and his Hoops visit the capital this coming weekend with the chance to secure the Scottish Premiership title for the second successive season. They've already bagged the League Cup earlier this campaign and are through to the Scottish Cup Final following victory over Rangers at Hampden at the weekend.
Hearts are still in the fight for third spot and trail Aberdeen by five points going into the final five games. Interim boss Naismith says his team are only focused on themselves and what they can achieve in the final run-in and not what Celtic are doing. He has challenged his team to cause the visitors problems and try and land all three points.
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He told Sky Sports: "Celtic have been the strongest team in Scotland consistently for two years now.
"They play with aggressiveness, they play with a lot of intensity, speed and tempo. But we've got the cause them problems, if not it becomes a long afternoon. It's an opportunity for us to go and try and get three points because at this business end of the season that's all that matters. We need to win games of football to try and finish as high as we can."
Asked if delaying the title party forms any part of his team talk, he added: "No. Celtic have been the best team over the season, they'll want to win the league.
"Our mindset is about us and what we can do. We've got games from now and the end of the season to try and get in the European places. That's got be our focus. Whether Celtic win the league or not is irrelevant to us."
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