Malky Mackay praises 'respectful' Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou as Parkhead manager leaves big impression

Ange Postecoglou has won leagues in Austria and Japan but Malky Mackay knows the next five games will be a new experience in the white-hot heat of a Celtic v Rangers title battle.

The table-topping Hoops head to Dingwall on Sunday to take on Ross County where they’ll try to protect a six-point lead over their rivals.

Mackay has been impressed with the job Postecoglou has done at Celtic and the Aussie will be looking to get over the title line and finish his first season with a domestic double.

The County boss knows some of the Celtic side find themselves in a new position in chasing down the title and that is where he thinks the experience of their 56-year-old gaffer can help aid their cause.

Mackay, part of the Celtic team that stopped Rangers’ 10-in-a-row charge, admitted: “It will help hugely – he is someone who has been there, seen it, done it. That will help his players.

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“He’s probably still coming to the biggest pressured situation he’s been in, just from the fact of what that club is as an institution.

“And he is playing against an institution in terms of what last Sunday at Hampden looked like.

“He knows every day as he walks around wherever in Glasgow he lives – 10 times a day someone