Hearts SHOULDN'T have had Celtic free kick before goal insists Cameron Carter-Vickers but hurting star bins excuses

Cameron Carter-Vickers admits it’s simply not been good enough from Celtic.

But the Parkhead defender says self-analysis is the only route out of troubled times. And Carter-Vickers insists stars in the squad are willing to take responsibility and help skipper Callum McGregor lead them back up to the demanded levels. Boss Brendan Rodgers savagad the lack of desire and mentality during the nightmare weekend display against Hearts which led to first home league loss in 52 games.

McGregor was also searingly honest and says the side have been guilty of disrespecting the hard parts of the game as they flopped for the second-successive Premiership game. Having lost the previous weekend at Kilmarnock, Celtic have now suffered back-to-back top-flight reverses for the first time in a decade and Carter-Vickers did not attempt to dress up the dismal performance.

He insists improvement will only come by looking deep inside this week in the search for solutions as he explained: “We have to analyse what went wrong, see where we can improve as a team and as individuals. If we do that, performances will get better.

“We weren’t good enough. We conceded two sloppy goals, which is something we need to look at in training and try to improve on. We probably should have created more and also finished the chances we did have to try to get ourselves back in the game. Ultimately, it wasn’t good enough.

“For large parts of the second half, we did have them in their half, around their box. But again there were sloppy moments throughout the half which killed our momentum. When we did get in and around the box, we weren’t good enough in the final third to create clear openings to score goals. Again, that’s something we need to look at and try to