Celtic supervisor Brendan Rodgers has advised his gamers they should create their very own buzz at Parkhead after a flat afternoon towards Motherwell.
With the Inexperienced Brigade ultras group nonetheless banned, the visiting followers have been typically extra audible than the house assist throughout Saturday’s 1-1 draw.
Other than David Turnbull’s objective, the most important noise from Celtic followers was pre-match when the ultras group welcomed the group bus earlier than heading away from the stadium.
Celtic struggled to interrupt down a dogged Motherwell facet, who had an analogous quantity of efforts at objective as their hosts within the first half.
It was one-way visitors for the overwhelming majority of the second half however Luis Palma noticed a penalty saved by Liam Kelly and Yang Hyun-jun missed a sitter earlier than Jonathan Obika headed a last-minute equaliser 4 minutes after Turnbull transformed Celtic’s second spot-kick.
Rodgers acknowledged there was a flat environment however added: “There was most likely that within the final recreation as effectively however we have been successful 6-0, nonetheless the identical. It’s one thing on the pitch, we’ve got to make it occur.
“We’ve sufficient of the ball, acquired into some actually good areas, we simply missed that ultimate second of mixture play and that ultimate second of high quality that permits you to get in entrance and opens the sport up.
“The longer it goes 0-0, that provides Motherwell that enthusiasm to maintain going.”
Celtic remained eight factors clear with another recreation performed following the weekend’s motion after second-placed Rangers drew at Aberdeen on Sunday.
Rodgers’ facet now face Lazio in Rome with solely a victory in a position to hold alive their slim hopes of progress within the Champions League.
“It’s disappointing we’ve got dropped two factors, and we are going to look to get them again,” he mentioned. “And now we’ve got to get better and prepare with a very robust mindset for Tuesday. It’s a incredible recreation, highest stage.”
With Palma suspended for the Rome journey and Daizen Maeda additionally unavailable, Rodgers is optimistic he could have James Forrest to bolster his broad choices after the winger missed Saturday’s recreation.
“Within the worldwide break he had an issue along with his glute so he hadn’t skilled so much,” Rodgers mentioned. “So quite than sit on the bench he has some coaching days up till Tuesday and ought to be obtainable for that.”
Motherwell collected solely their third level from 10 matches and supervisor Stuart Kettlewell has challenged his facet to make use of the well-drilled efficiency and late equaliser as a catalyst for enchancment.
Again within the group. Again amongst the objectives
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— Motherwell FC (@MotherwellFC) November 26, 2023
The Steelmen subsequent face Dundee, Ross County and St Johnstone within the area of eight days.
“This has to grow to be a benchmark for us, coming to a spot like this and getting a end result,” Kettlewell mentioned.
“It needs to be a milestone the place we use it as a springboard and kick on and begin to amass extra factors as a result of it’s been a tricky stretch for us.
“We’ve had good instances and clearly had this unhealthy run, however we now want to return out the opposite facet of it and begin to compete with groups which are most likely within the ball park with ourselves.
“If we present that sort of organisation and stage of focus then I feel it provides us an opportunity towards most.”
