The 11 words keeping Celtic stars motivated as Paulo Bernardo reveals 'big' personal target he's finally hitting

There are times when it seems like a skoosh to play for Celtic but Paulo Bernardo insists fans shouldn’t be fooled.

It takes a heck of a lot of hard work to make it look so easy. The Hoops blew Ross County away on Saturday with another show of Premiership power. The game was done by half time and it sent the goal difference rocketing again. Celts have blasted 40 in just 13 league games and even Brendan Rodgers rotating his side ends up with familiar results. But don’t say it’s been a breeze for the champions.

Bernardo said: “We play at a high level so we need to be playing every game at that high level. We don’t have easy games – we make the games look easy. That phrase is our motivation for these games. We need to look at every game the same way. We’re playing in the Champions League but we have to win the league.

“Every game is very important to us and we have to do it from the first whistle. What we show on the pitch is the work that we do in training and in our analysis of our game. We try to always play the best football and we try to show the fans that we are a very good team by playing football that is really good to watch too.

“It was a really good game for us. We got the three points which is our objective every game, we scored five goals and we didn’t concede. So it was very good for us as a team.”

Rodgers drafted in six new faces on Saturday and still strolled it. Bernardo was in the thick of it, with a cool goal and an impressive all-round display on the back of a recent fans push for his increased involvement.

The Portugal Under-21 captain tries to ignore the noise and focus on making an impact when the call comes. Bernardo said: “I try to not focus on that (talk from fans). I try to do my best in the games