Celtic Still Have Title Edge, Says Captain Mcgregor

"We cognize that we person to enactment calm and travel nan process and train good - and then, erstwhile you get nan chance to play, it's 5 hurdles to get over.

"The truth we person been location and been successful, we tin tie connected that, but it's not nan only point that's going to make america successful.

"You won't conscionable triumph it disconnected acquisition alone; you person to gain nan correct to do everything you tin complete nan adjacent 5 games to hopefully beryllium champions.

Martin O'Neill is successful his 2nd spell arsenic interim head this play aft nan departures of Brendan Rodgers and Wilfried Nancy.

As a consequence of that and Hearts astatine 1 shape being 9 points ahead, Celtic's committee has suffered a adjacent magnitude of instrumentality criticism.

"I spot what we've flooded already this play successful position of a small spot of adversity and a alteration of head twice," McGregor said.

"We've fought backmost from wherever we were and I spot capable signs that nan squad want to triumph and tin do capable to win. I wouldn't beryllium doing my occupation decently if I didn't deliberation we person nan edge."

McGregor says O'Neill has done an "unbelievable job" successful turning astir Celtic's turbulent play and would beryllium happy for nan seasoned Northern Irishman to enactment successful nan dugout beyond nan summer.

"I don't deliberation anyone tin underestimate really bully a occupation he's done," McGregor said.

"He's pulled nan nine backmost together erstwhile it was fractured, he's overseen a tally of really bully results. Performances person been getting amended each nan clip and that's from a disjointed commencement point.

"It's ne'er been perfect, but nan occupation is to triumph games and he's shown that successful spades - he's getting a tune retired of nan players.

"If we do spell connected and beryllium successful, and hopefully we tin triumph nan Scottish Cup arsenic well, past what an astonishing play and it states his credentials for nan occupation moving forward. The players are afloat down him."