Celtic captain Scott Brown refused to get caught up in the brewing row between the club and the Scottish Government over Covid-19 protocols.
The midfielder was one of 13 players who had to self-isolate following the trip to Dubai where Christopher Jullien and one other member of the squad tested positive for the virus.
The latter came over the last couple of days when players returned to training and Brown is looking forward to getting back into action against Livingston.
The veteran insists his side are still in the title race but he wasn't willing to get involved in the arguments that have raged since their return from Dubai.
Celtic boss Neil Lennon launched an astonishing tirade against his side's critics in a pre-match press conference on Monday but Brown swatted aside any question on it.
He said: "I am not here to get involved with protocols and stuff, I am here to talk about the game."
Celtic are 21 points behind in the title race, although they do have three games in hand, beginning with the trip to face Livingston on Wednesday night.
And Brown refused to give up on the title race as he insisted they have to keep going.
He said: "I don't think I can put my finger on it but we haven't performed as well as we possibly could have
"It has all been the same training, pretty much the same players as well, we have just not done as well as we possibly could have, as I said. But we are still there, we are still working extremely hard every day, whether it is at Lennoxtown or wherever we are and that's what we do.
"We still believe that we are a fantastic team but we need to make sure we keep showing it in games.
"We are obviously not in the best position but we have got three games in hand, we need to make sure we win these games.
"We need to hit top form now and keep believing as well because we always have got the faith and that positivity.
"We know that we can keep winning games and that's what we have to do to try and put the pressure on our rivals."
