Celtic boss Tony Mowbray feels his side are still under intense pressure to get results despite many fans believing the title race is over. Robbie Keane’s double against Falkirk kept the Hoops within 10 points of league leaders Rangers, who also have a game in hand, but Mowbray feels the media pressure is still there despite expectations fading.
"If anything, there was more pressure on the team to get a result because, again, not all of you, but the way some of the Scottish media work, they like piling it on," he said.
"So we have to keep going and keep winning matches, that's what we do.
"There is no lack of motivation. There is no greater motivation than every time you pull on a Hoops' shirt.
"You should be 100% focused on trying to win because the supporters of the club come to support our team home and away and they deserve a performance.”
He added: "I thought they got a very professional performance today."
Mowbray also played down the significance of Aiden McGeady’s comments regarding Old Firm referee Dougie McDonald, who controversially sent off Scott Brown and refused to renege the decision. McGeady criticised McDonald saying he had not been “impartial” during the clash at Ibrox.
McGeady's remarks, though, could see the Celtic midfielder hauled up before the Scottish Football Association but Mowbray moved to defuse the situation.
"I haven't seen that article," said the former West Brom manager. "If a journalist used the word "impartial" I'm pretty sure he [Aiden] didn't know what it meant.
"I am wary talking about it. I can see the headline 'Mowbray says McGeady is ignorant' and I am not saying that.
"If it was a clever journalist speaking about impartiality, he might not have got the context of the question, I don't know.
"But I would be surprised if Aiden came out and criticised the officials or their impartiality, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't."
