Brendan Rodgers admits there was some fatigue coming off the Champions League - but that's no excuse for dropping points.The Irishman still hasn't won at Easter Road across his two storied spells at Celtic, and that trend continued after a drab 0-0 draw in Leith saw the Hoops add just one point to their healthy seven point lead over rivals Rangers.
James Forrest went the closest in the dying embers but there was no knockout blow from either side as Hibs got over their 4-0 thumping at Ibrox last weekend.
Rodgers' men went through the wringer against top side Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, but the gaffer dismissed any talk of a European hangover by declaring there's no excuse.He reckons his players should be judged across the board with 26 points the tally after ten games, but Rodgers is challenging his players to continue their focus on what they can control as he told BBC Sportsound: ""By the time we started to play with the tempo we like, it was too late.
Our idea is to make a quick start. We gave it away a few times needlessly, playing long passes when we didn't have to. We didn't play with enough speed."The last 20, 25 minutes we did and you saw the difference that made.
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