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partner like to defend certain situations and what their tendencies are in defensive situations.

“Once you learn that then you can adapt your game to form the best partnership you can. Anytime you change the person you play with, you take a few game s to learn and adjust from that.

“The more you play with someone the more you build that connection. Our game-time has been been a bit there and there with my injuries, but I’m hopeful we can continue to build that connection with more games.”

Carter-Vickers has been frustrated after a stop-start season, having gone under the knife at the end of last season after the Scottish Cup semi-final win over Rangers at Hampden Park.

That saw him miss the run-in as the club picked up a Treble – but is raring to go in the business end of this season.

He told the Celtic View: “It does feel different as the closer you get to the end of the season the games feel like they matter more.

“Even though there is more on the games, we players try and keep things as simple as we can and focus on the stuff we can control and do it the best we can.

“The goal is to continue to improve, so naturally you should be at your best at the end of the season. Even when you’re at this point you’re looking to improve.

Focus

“This season for me, I have had a lot of injuries so it’s been hard to focus on improving when the focus has been on getting fit and playing. For the squad as a whole, the aim is to be at this point of the season playing our best.

“The season overall has been frustrating as I want to play as much as I can to help the team.

Not being able to to do that has been frustrating.”