Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy: “This is not about the system. We started one way in the first half and the second half, we kept going and towards the end, it was not the same system.
“This is more about to check if we play with personality, to check what we can do better to unbalance the low block, what can we do better to avoid the two goals that we conceded? We had really good moments and we had moments we have to improve on.
“We conceded the goal but to be honest, I felt that it didn’t change the attitude of the players. We pushed a little bit more but we conceded the second goal and after that we started to rush. We put a lot of crosses inside the box knowing that they are so big. We could’ve been a little bit better to combine and attack a different way.
“I was pleased with the mentality. The performance was really interesting. Defensively, we were really good but we missed the few opportunities.”
Hearts manager Derek McInnes: “We wanted a positive result. On the day, we had to do a lot right. There was loads that I liked about my team. You’ve got to think as if you’ve won the game before you’ve won and carry yourself that way and I thought we did that.
“We had something to hang on to after Claudio’s goal just before half-time I thought we deserved at the moment. Oisin gets the second goal. We defended well, we adapted to Celtic throwing two strikers on and trying to put four on our last line.
“We turned to a five. We defended the box brilliantly apart from two moments, when Engels hits off the bar and the goal from Kieran Tierney.
“We’re well into December now. The players shouldn’t doubt themselves, shouldn’t doubt what we are. Once we come out the second round of fixtures, you’ve got a rough idea of where you are. To beat Celtic home and away takes a lot of doing. Hopefully, we can keep winning games.”
