Joe Ledley stays focused on Scottish Cup clash

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Celtic midfielder Joe Ledley© SNS Group

Celtic midfielder Joe Ledley says the club’s players will put their League Cup final appearance to one side as they resume their bid for Scottish Cup glory.

The Hoops will travel north to face Inverness CT in the fifth round of the competition on Saturday.

Last weekend’s 3-1 League Cup win over Falkirk has set up a meeting with Kilmarnock at Hampden in March.

Neil Lennon’s team also lead Old Firm rivals Rangers by one point in the SPL having played a game less.

And while hopes remain of a domestic treble, the Welshman insists the players and management are fully focused on the clash with Terry Butcher’s side.

He told Celtic’s official website: "We're on a good run at the moment and we always say it, but we have to take each game as it comes.

"We're putting the Falkirk game behind us now. It's good knowing we have a final coming up but we're forgetting about that for the moment.

"And we don't get back to league business for a while so we're not thinking about that just now either.

"We're away to Caley Thistle at the weekend in another cup tournament, and we want to win that one too.

"It's going to be difficult, it always is up there, and Caley will be desperate to progress in the cup themselves. But we're looking strong just now and we have a lot of players back from injury now.

"The manager can change things at any time so we have to keep doing well in training to stay in the team and be a part of this run."