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David Marshall makes Celtic attack promise as champions told Hibs are going after them

David Marshall says Hibs will need to come out and have a go at Celtic on home soil - as that is what their fans demand.

Aberdeen boss Jim Goodwin got criticism for crowding the box in a 1-0 Dons defeat at Pittodrie against the Hoops earlier this month, and it's brought about happy-medium talk around how's best to try and tame Ange Postecoglou's attacking arsenal. Hibs tried the alternative toe-to-toe approach at Parkhead last time and Lee Johnson's men were on the end of a 6-1 cuffing.

While acknowledging they can't go gung-ho in hope of building on their 4-0 win against Livingston Christmas Eve, captain Marshall says the home support won't allow them to camp in during their next Premiership task. He told Sky Sports: "We will take experience from that (the 6-1 defeat). Going to Parkhead is different to Easter Road. We are expected to do more and we have to improve upon that performance. We need to be harder to beat, obviously. The result and performance at Parkhead wasn't good enough. We know how tough Celtic can be, flying at the minute.

"They are scoring a lot of goals and we will need to be right at it. But we take some confidence from the Livingston game. We carry the manager's instruction and I am sure the management team will have learned as much as us from the defeat at Celtic Park. They are a tough team and we understand that. I don't think our fans want to see us sit back and defend the box for 90 minutes. That's not how we want to play and at home, we have to have a go to try and win the game."

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