Robby Neilson claimsHearts will keep an eye on home games despite their Europa League future in doubt. Tynecastle bosses have confirmed that next Thursday's play-off second leg against FC Zurich will not be a priority ahead of a visit to Celtic.
The first leg of his 2-1 loss to the Swiss champions on Thursday night was paused asNeilson geared up for a challenge at Parkhead. I was. He said: "It's a big game, it's a cliché, but that's the bread and butter. Last year's league form took us to Europe. We have to do it again."
"We may make some changes, but we will strive to win that game, so we need to be ready to go parkhead." No. After that, I'll focus on the home leg next Thursday."
Neilson said his team's European efforts were a factor in Ange Postecoglou's outfit. "We are completely focused on Celtic. We spent the night in Switzerland on Thursday. It's all about recovery and making sure we are in the best possible shape." It's a case of going there, and if you don't bring more than 100%, you'll be turned over.
"We had already started preparing. We know what we're going to do. We've been there many times and we know it's going to be difficult."
Being ready to face a team that spent a lot of money to get an extra player, he swears he has no inferiority complex at all and is convinced shock could be in the cards.
He said: Spend some more money. and signed a few more players. That's Scottish football. Our job is to get there and find a way to make sure we beat these players and win the match.
"Our goals for this season are the same as last season and we talked about it, can we go to Glasgow and win? It's been a long time since we did that. But Sunday is an opportunity to do it.It doesn't make sense to go there thinking, 'Let's sleep this game and look forward to Thursday', we want to go there and win."
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