The goal of Celtic’s Premiership matchup with Hibernian on Saturday is to continue their strong play, which has allowed them to take a seven-point lead over their closest rivals, Aberdeen, already.
The Hoops have won both of their previous meetings with Hibs this season, including a 3-1 League Cup success at Celtic Park and a 2-0 league victory at Easter Road. This will be their third meeting.
And after a fantastic 1-0 victory over Aberdeen at Pittodrie in the middle of the week, Brendan Rodgers is certain his team will enter Saturday’s game. The Celtic manager stated prior to the match: “The variety has been so pleasing throughout the season.”
‘Our ethos here, and our idea and our style is always to play fast, aggressive, attacking football, always with tactical discipline.’
However, you must always acknowledge that opposing teams won’t let you do that all the time. Aberdeen, who have performed so well this season, will come and make things tough for you.
They were very tight and compact, and they break up the game so you don’t have your flow. As a result, you have to keep working, trust your possession and your game speed, and then search for those moments—which may be few and far between, but you have to try to find them—which is exactly what we did. That, in my opinion, has been the most satisfying part of our victories this season, and none.