Celtic Passed A Big Test Yesterday. The Kind That Decide League Titles.

There were two certainties yesterday from the minute that game kicked off; that Aberdeen would make it hard for us but that we would eventually find a way. It has gotten to the point now where you expect this team to produce, even if takes until the latter stages of the game. We’ve gotten very, very good at this stuff.

But every one of these games is a test.

A test of your fortitude. A test of mentality.

A team with a nine-point lead can afford to drop a couple and still be comfortable but this team doesn’t want to give up a thing. This team wants to win every game. It wants to dominate.

It hungers for success and that hunger is what pushes them to the final kick of the ball.

These games all ask questions of our team though and it is gratifying to see how often we answer them with victories. Make no mistake, we were the only side who were going to win that yesterday, and I’ll talk more about that later today.

It was a frustrating game to watch at times, and it must, therefore, have been a frustrating way to play in, but our footballers kept on going regardless. This is the mark of champions, and it’s why it doesn’t matter what happens across the city.

Games like that decide titles.

Afternoons where you keep throwing the ball against the defensive line and wait to catch the break.

If you have enough quality and belief it always comes; still, some clubs cannot handle the stress. This team was built for it, and the self-belief it takes to keep on chipping away, to know it will happen, is immense.

When we predict that we won’t be caught as long as we stay focussed this is why it isn’t arrogance or ego or anything like that. Just a strong belief in these players and in this manager and in what we can do.

We watch this team do this again and again and again and every time they do it adds to the conviction that when the chips are down we can keep on doing it, and keep on winning points on the back of it. And those points, of course, all add up.

This is why we’re champions. Not only that, it’s why we’ll stay champions.