NOT A JOTA DOUBT NOW
Celtic all but guarantee another title
ANGE POSTECOGLOU insists his character-filled Celtic won’t shirk away from driving over the title finishing line.
The Aussie’s team took a huge step towards clinching the title with a fighting draw against Rangers.
Postecoglou is refusing to accept his team have unassailable advantage with six points and 19 goals in their favour and only three matches to go.
But the manager knows it’s close. He’s full of admiration for the guts and temperament of the troops as they move towards the flag.
And Postecoglou is convinced his boys can meet his demands to storm over the line in the next 13 days as they gain priceless experience.
Asked about the lead, he said: “I don’t know about unassailable, but we are in a strong position.
“We haven’t shirked away from the fact that our goal was to be champions this year and we are in a great position to do that.
“Our job now is to finish it off and make sure we finish the season strongly.
“We have three games to go, two of them at home. From our perspective it gives us a great opportunity to take advantage of the position we are in.
“We don’t want to sort of just get there, we want to finish strong.
“We had a big challenge.
OK we didn’t win the game, but we didn’t lose it either. That was always going to be the key.
“We haven’t lost for a very long time in the league. This group has always embraced every challenge without fear or favour. The boys are not jubilant. They understand that they had to work hard to get something.
“We will keep improving as a team, but the character they are showing at the moment, that’s priceless.
“That’s what is going to hold us in good stead, not just for this year, but for years to come if we keep having that mentality of taking on every challenge and making sure we don’t yield and don’t give up at any stage.
“They are a determined lot and they are determined to finish the season strongly.”
Celtic were on the brink of going nine points clear after leading through Jota.
But a couple of Daizen Maeda misses prevented the lead being doubled and Fashion Sakala’s equaliser denied the hosts victory.
Postecoglou said: “It was a tense game which you would expect with so much on the line and the consequences of the result.
“We scored and had some great chances to go two or three up, but didn’t take them. It was a bit of an arm wrestle which you kind of expect when there are such massive consequences on the outcome.”