Joe Hart tells Celtic pals what is required in final push as he targets league and Scottish Cup glory

Joe Hart insists serial winners Celtic are preparing for a Parkhead show of power in the final push for silverware.

The Hoops are bang in the hunt for the title following Saturday’s win against St Mirren and are gearing up for a crack at the Scottish Cup in this weekend’s semi showdown with Aberdeen.

Hart is relishing the battle and he insisted the experienced campaigners in the Parkhead dressing room will be leading the way for the new Bhoys in the bid to land more medals. Hart – who has won five trophies with Celts – said: “What will it take in the remaining games? Just stay in our lane, stay focused. Drawing on the power of a club which is used to winning things and not being intimidated by that. Learning from that, with the boys who haven’t done it learning from the boys who have.

“Just encouraging people that we have some simple tasks ahead of us. We said it before the St Mirren game and we keep saying it, we don’t just rock up on a Saturday.

“We work really hard through the week to have a way of playing, to have solutions when people do make it tough for us. So we just need to rely on the hard work we have done all season and come good at the right time.

“This is a big week. We have the Scottish Cup and you don’t want any pressure off. It was hard not being involved in the League Cup but we got beat fair and square at Kilmarnock and we had to move on. This is a competition we want to be involved in to the very end. We want to be there on May 25.”

Hart was thrilled to tick off another win against Saints at the weekend as Celtic found a way to break down brave Buddies in the second half. The former Manchester City shot-stopper – who turns 37 on Friday – insisted the Hoops’ squad are maintaining a laser focus on each