Brendan Rodgers says it’s an “thrilling interval” for Celtic as they moved three factors clear on the high of the Scottish Premiership with a 4-1 win over Hearts.
Celtic made a sluggish begin to the match and have been fortunate to not discover themselves behind on the break as Blair Spittal and Lawrence Shankland spurned superb possibilities for Hearts.
Nonetheless, they got here out revitalised within the second half as Kyogo Furuhashi and Nicolas Kuhn scored twice in 5 minutes to place them 2-0 up on the hour mark.
Adam Idah scored twice, netting on both facet of Musa Drammeh’s comfort, along with his second coming from the penalty spot within the 94th minute.
Celtic have now received all seven of their away league video games this season by an mixture rating of 22-2.
After Aberdeen’s first lack of the season earlier on Saturday, Celtic gave themselves some respiratory house on the high of the league, whereas additionally transferring 11 factors away from rivals Rangers, who sit third.
Rodgers was delighted with Celtic’s response to the primary half, praising the gamers’ adaptation.
“I’m actually happy. Tynecastle is a very powerful place so to win 4-1 was actually pleasing,” Rodgers stated.
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“Second half, we found out their press. They’ve usually been urgent in 4-4-2 however modified it barely. It simply meant we needed to drop a person in our build-up play.
“We had some good moments within the first half, however as soon as we have been capable of play by way of that stress, I believed within the second half we have been glorious.
“It’s a really thrilling interval for us. All of the gamers know they are going to play, they only must be prepared.”
