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Blaise Bourgeois·25 April 2019

Callum McGregor: Celtic turn up in the biggest games

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After the end of the Premiership season, one that Celtic are practically assured to win, the Hoops will host Hearts in the Scottish Cup final to assumedly go for the treble-treble.

With the match exactly a month away, midfielder Callum McGregor is confident that Celtic will show up for the big game.


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“These guys just keep winning and it becomes like a habit,” McGregor said.

“You become so hungry to win games and be successful that the players never get above their station.

“At Celtic, you need to be humble and respect every opponent. That’s what we try to do, then we try to beat them with our football.

“It’s an incredible record. Everyone turns up and expects you to win the game but it’s not easy to keep doing it time and time again. It shows how good these players are and their mentality and hunger to win.

“It’s credit to the lads, the manager, the backroom staff, everybody. We are all working together to win things, that’s what you want to do as a footballer.

“We’ve been so successful, but you can never take that for granted. You never know when it’s going to end, so you just keep going, foot to the floor, and you just be relentless with it.

“We try to focus on our job, we know our gameplan, we know what we want to do in the game.

“It’s about us trying to implement what we do and coming to the big stages again, trying to perform and earning the right to win. [Against Aberdeen], again, we did that.

“These [cup games], everyone turns up and they think it’s easy to pick a winner, but you’ve got to go and earn it.

“It’s amazing the character of these boys to just keep churning out results and in big games as well.”

Before the final, Celtic must finish the job and win the league. The Hoops have a nine-point lead over Rangers with four games to play, which includes the Old Firm derby on 12 May.

Celtic host Kilmarnock on Saturday and will win the title if they are able to secure more points than Rangers this weekend.