CELTIC supporters had better get used to celebrating dramatic late winning goals.
So far they have enjoyed Leigh Griffiths's equaliser away against Astana, Moussa Dembele's injury-time penalty which won the tie and then on Sunday debut man Scott Sinclair won the match at Tynecastle with only minutes left.
There will be more of that. A lot more.
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Celtic over the years have had a habit of finding something near the death of a match. It is a tradition Brendan Rodgers wants to return to, as first-team coach John Kennedy explained when asked how he had found working with the new manager.
“In terms of his planning it’s been great to see that first-hand," said Kennedy. "In the last two games we’ve scored late goals and that’s a big thing. He’s drilled it into players from day one that we go to win games and if that takes until the last 10 minutes then so be it.
“The players have a mentality that they can finish the game strong and in the last 10 minutes we will be going after teams to get the goal.
“That’s the way Celtic have always been and we have to get that back. We have to ensure that the belief is there that if it takes until the 91st minute to score a goal we’ll keep at it.”
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Celtic fans will welcome this change because last season the 'trick' seemed to be conceding goals late in games.
This cost the team, and in part Ronny Deila his job, and Kennedy admitted that it was a habit the players could not rid themselves of.
Kennedy admitted: "Sometimes when it happens a few times it can get in to the players’ heads. We are starting to get a strong mentality now and we are getting the rewards.
“That breeds confidence and belief. That’s one thing the manager has really installed in the squad.
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“He’s shown in his in-game management he is very flexible. If he sees a weakness or something not going right, he will be very quick to change it.
“The players have taken that on board and have been quick to adjust when necessary. There’s a lot of hard work done on the training pitch and you can start to see bits and pieces of the things that have been worked on.”
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