Celtic winger James Forrest has insisted that the Parkhead side have no qualms about coping with a
gruelling schedule of games over the festive period.
This month Brendan Rodgers’ side have games at Easter Road, Pittodrie and Ibrox with every midweek filled with a fixture.
For Forrest, though, it is something that Celtic are well used to as they look to prolong a two-pronged assault on the Europa League and Scottish front.
“People always say that December is a busy month but every month has been like that for us right from the start,” said the Scotland internationalist. “Most of us have had pretty much the same number of games all the time but we have the players and a squad which can keep bouncing back game after game.
“We now have at least another two matches more than anyone else because we’ve qualified from our Europa League group but the manager said when he first came to the club that the top players and the best teams always play the most games and that’s what we want to do.
“We have five Premiership fixtures before the winter break and we’ll be looking to take three points from all of them.”
Celtic head to Easter Road tomorrow with Neil Lennon’s side struggling to find the form of the opening months of the campaign.
Hibs have slipped to eighth in the table after a turbulent and frustrating few weeks but Forrest is wary of taking anything for granted against the Leith side.
“Ever since Neil Lennon has been there Hibs have given us really hard games,” said Forrest. That’s been the case for a few seasons now and we know it’s going to be really tough through there and we know we’ll need to really be at it on Sunday.”
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