Joe Hart has fired a five word message as Celtic continue their domestic charge.
The Hoops responded from an early setback against Hearts last night to run out 3-1 winners and keep their relentless Premiership run towards back to back titles in full swing. Josh Ginnelly had headed home for the visitors before Daizen Maeda levelled things up at Parkhead.
Kyogo Furuhash i then made it 20 league goals and 25 for the campaign with an emphatic finish following some excellent movement before Sead Haksabanovic climbed off the bench to curl home the goal of the night to seal the points for the league leaders as they maintained their nine point advantage over Rangers following their big win in the capital against Hibs.
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It was the first of two meetings with Robbie Neilson's men this week with the duo going head to head at Tynecastle this weekend in the Scottish Cup. A place in the semi-finals and a trip to Hampden are up for grabs for the winner with Hart already switching focus towards that game as the east end side bid to maintain their Treble bid.
He wrote on Instagram: "On to Saturday we go." alongside a four leaf clover, green heart and muscle flex emoji.
Postecoglou made a number of changes to his side with the likes of Anthony Ralston and Alexandro Bernabei handed rare opportunities from the start. Speaking after the match, the Hoops boss told Celtic TV: "The quality of our goals was great. Kyogo [Furuhashi] was brilliant tonight and there were so many opportunities to play him in and we just have to be a bit smarter in the way we play our football.
"He never stops running and he broke through with the perfect timing for the equaliser and it was a great ball for Daizen [Maeda] as well.
"It was important the guys coming on stabilised us and getting the goals helped that. It’s a big part of who we are and with three games this week, we knew we had to call on people and the guys coming on did well.
'Sead [Haksabanovic] was brilliant and it was a great goal and we know he has that quality.'
"He hasn’t had a real extended run in the team for a number of reasons and every time he’s been called upon he’s been excellent.
"He’s got a great attitude and it’s great for him to get a reward today and another player that can give us more and he will."
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