Callum McGregor insists Celtic's 'catch us if you can' mentality has blown away all pretenders to their Premiership crown.
The Hoops midfielder believes an Old Firm defeat back in December only served to redouble their efforts on the road to what he hopes will become nine-in-a-row this season.
Despite the continued confusion and lack of clarity over how this suspended campaign will be brought to a conclusion, the 26-year-old is adamant a winter training camp in Dubai was also time to hit the reset button before claiming a 13 point lead over Rangers at the summit.
McGregor said: “Since we came back in January we’ve been absolutely excellent. In terms of performances and results we put in some good displays and racked up some good scorelines as well.
“When we went to Dubai it was the same set-up and idea as we’ve had in previous years so everyone knew exactly what we were doing. We all knew we were going to work really hard in the sessions.
“Everyone went out knowing that we were going to focus on the tactical idea of what we were wanting to do, refocus on how we were playing the game and improve the fitness levels. The hard work was done in the morning and afternoon sessions, and then we had the evenings together to really integrate the squad.
“That’s worked really well for us in the last three or four years and this year has been exactly the same.
“Everyone arrived back fresh and hungry. We took off at a relentless pace, and momentum is a massive thing in football and we had that in abundance.
"We went into every game confident, hungry and knowing how we wanted to play.
“We probably didn’t imagine we’d be this far in front but we had to set the pace and beat who was in front of us. The mindset was a case of anyone who comes up against us, we’re going to play our football and if people couldn’t keep up with that we were going to be relentless.”
