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Blair Meikle

Ange Postecoglou on Celtic title pressure as he insists players have already shown mettle

Ange Postecoglou has addressed Celtic's title pressure - and insists it's nothing new to them.

The Hoops lost three of their first six games of the Premiership season - meaning they were playing catch up on Rangers in the title race.

That created enormous pressure but they've responded to that by staying unbeaten and taking over at the top of the table.

They now face the burden of seeing that through, but the ex-Australia manager reckons their calmness so far will stand them in good stead.

Postecoglou said: "I think I just see things differently,"

"If it’s all been about pressure, when you have lost three games out of your first six, and you know that for the next 32 games that you probably can’t lose another one, or maybe one more, there’s a hell of a lot of pressure there, you know.

“But we haven’t thought that way so we’re not going to change our thinking now. Back then, what was important to us, was that in each game we try to play our football and approach every game in the same manner and keep building on that.

“And that’s what we’ll do for the next five games. I know people maybe now just look at it and think ‘they are in a good position here – they might be able to win it’.

“But we’ve been working under stress and pressure the whole way through. And I think when you do that, it almost becomes normal to you that this is just another week where you have to win a game of football.”

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