Killie have no intention of slowing down

STUART Findlay described it as the best moment of his career. But celebrations like the one which followed the former Celtic defender thrusting the killer blow to Brendan Rodgers’ side have become rather frequent in this corner of Ayrshire.

Not only did Kilmarnock leapfrog last year’s champions with their 2-1 win on Sunday – their fourth unbeaten encounter against Celtic in a row – they can argue they should in fact be higher in the table.

Dealt what they felt were refereeing injustices against both Hibs and Hearts (even if they were the beneficiaries of ones against Aberdeen and indeed Celtic on Sunday), it is worth cottoning on to the fact that Kilmarnock under Clarke have no intention of slowing down.

“The record against Celtic just shows the belief the manager had instilled in us,” said Findlay. “We know that if we play the way we can, especially with the way we set up, that it suits us playing against the better teams in the division. So we go in with that belief and feel as if we can get a result against anybody – including Celtic.”

The jury is still out as to whether this is a stronger Kilmarnock team than last season, when they finished fifth.

But they are still a team capable of consistently doing damage at the top end of this division.

“Beating Celtic is beating Celtic at the end of the day,” said Findlay. “It’s a result everyone is really proud of. But we are disappointed with every game that we don’t win.

“But for a club like Killie to be sitting where we are in the league and to think we should still be doing better, shows how far the manager has been able to take us.”