Callum McGregor has described Celtic's extra-time defeat to Rangers in the Scottish Cup semi-final a "slap in the face".
The Celtic captain was obviously disappointed with his side's showing and the result after 120 minutes at Hampden.
Greg Taylor had fired the Hoops into the lead, but Scott Arfield and a Carl Starfelt own goal turned the tide in Gers' favour.
Celts' captain urged his side to "react in the right way" as they prepare to respond and refocus on winning the Scottish Premiership title.
The 28-year-old said it was a "horrible" feeling, but one that his side must accept.
McGregor said: "This is one of the few times we’ve had a bit of a slap in the face.
"So it’s important that we show everyone to react in the right way.
"That’s all we can do now. It’s gone. You can analyse the game or whatever but the fact is it doesn’t come back.
"We have to regroup, we’ll talk about it. But ultimately, we’re looking at the end of the season and we want to make it a successful season. There’s five games to win the league and that’s what we have to do.
"We have to regroup, go again take the disappointment, we accept it.
"It’s never nice, it feels horrible, I can tell you. In there, everyone was devastated.
"But, we’ve got five games to win the league and that’s where we have to go. We have to go again.
"Harness all the good stuff we’ve done this year and learn from that, take that forward.
"We’ve got a big finish to the end of the season."
For your chance to win HOME tickets to Cinch SPFL matches each week across ALL FOUR divisions just enter our competition below. You can enter once each week to be in with a chance of winning. If the form isn't working (CLICK HERE)...Good Luck!
