Glasgow Times

Boss admits one eye on trophy day

- By STUART McDONALD

who have done e very well but I look at the level our players s have played at, thee consistenc­y and the quality and I would be surrprised if itt wasn’t a Celt- ic player who takes it.” BRENDAN RODGERS had admitted it’s getting tough to maintain his one-game-at-a-time mantra the closer the last league game looms. Celtic will receive the SPL tr trophy after facing off agains against Hearts at Celtic Park o on Sunday, May 21. Fitti Fittingly, Rodgers’ men will celebratec­e trophy day agains against the team they opened their league campa campaign against last Augus August, and the same team they be beat 5-0 to win the title ea earlier this month. The Parkhead boss said: “We’r “We’re very much looking forwa forward to last game again against Hearts. “W “We’ve worked hard for o our points total and we’ll continue to work har hard. “The players d deserve to enjoy their d day, but as always, w we want to perform w well, as we will be between now and the end of the season.

“It’s taken me about seven months to try and understand the split..”

Celtic are enjoying their best start to a campaign in 100 years, and remain unbeaten after 39 matches across the three domestic competitio­ns.

The next challenge on the horizon is an away trip to Dingwall to take on Ross County in the last of the pre-split fixtures.

And Rodgers insists his team will keep their feet to the floor in a bid to finish with a flourish.

He added: “Motivation isn’t an issue. You saw that against Kilmarnock, the tempo and intensity was outstandin­g.

“This is a club where there is an obligation to perform every time that you play and we want to win every single game that we play in.

“We want to finish the season how we started which is really competitiv­e, really intense and looking to win.”

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