Ange Postecoglou seeking solution to Celtic scoring struggles against Livingston

Ange Postecoglou has backed his Celtic team to roll with the punches at Livingston and find solutions to their struggles against David Martindale’s side.

Celtic have not scored in two games against Livi this season and their 1-0 defeat in West Lothian on September 19 left them without a win in five visits to the Tony Macaroni Arena.

Martindale’s side are the form team in the cinch Premiership in 2022 outside of Celtic and go into the game unbeaten in five – they had not won in the league before beating the Hoops the last time.

Celtic have struggled to break down Livi in their previous two games but Postecoglou will not pore over the matches as he believes his team have moved on since then.

“Every game lives in its own little world,” he said. “As much as we as coaches and sometimes as supporters love to control everything and think that there’s a blueprint we need to follow, it just doesn’t happen.

“You are dealing with human beings, who knows what we are going to face at the weekend? It could be a fast start, it might not be a fast start.

“All those things when you are dealing with human beings, on both teams, it’s very hard to sit there and plan out a 95-minute blueprint that everyone has got to follow.

“I thought we really struggled in the first game at Livingston and things weren’t going our way and we got really bogged down and didn’t find the solutions we needed to on the day.

“The second game in our ground was a bit different, it was one where we just needed an early goal, but I thought we got a little bit frustrated.

“We have still had challenges since then, every game hasn’t been perfect, but what we have done is within the context of that game, we have found solutions within our football to get the job done.

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