Ange Postecoglou admits he couldn't ask anymore of his players after an 'excellent' performance as they got off the mark in the Champions League.
Celtic bossed their encounter with Shakhtar for much of the 90 minutes but ended up sharing the spoils with the Ukrainian outfit despite taking an early advantage and blowing a number opportunities to double the score while on top.
The Hoops had 16 attempts at goal during the clash in comparison to Shakhtar's five but were only able to find one goal with the game ending 1-1. The Aussie boss is convinced his side will get the rewards they deserve if they keep playing their attacking brand of football and showing the commitment they did throughout the 90 minutes. Speaking after the game, he said: "The performance was excellent.
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"Obviously the result was not reflective of that but I thought in the whole game the players gave everything and that's all I can ask for.
"We needed that second goal and we had good chances to get it. From my perspective I can't ask for more from them.
"We will get our rewards if we keep playing that kind of football and showing that sort of commitment."
He continued: "I think more significant than the point is the performance.
"It is the highest level of club football, every game is pressurised, every moment of every game is important. I just thought there was real growth in our team and in the way we handled it all.
"You definitely have to earn everything at this level. Every point and every win will take maximum effort from us and for us to be at our best.
"It wasn't three points but in terms of the performance I thought that was the most encouraging part. The players really embraced the fact we will have to be at our best all the time for everything we get.
"Last week we were good for 55, 60 minutes and then the opposition sort of got on top of us.
"Here you are away from home and obviously it's a neutral venue but it's not your home ground and I just thought that they showed resilience and mental toughness to keep playing our football. At this level I think that is encouraging.
"We put everything into it. We didn't get the three points but if we keep doing that I think it will give us a chance of being successful in every game we play."
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