Celtic return to action this Sunday when they head to Livingston, looking for the victory which will maintain their place at the top of the Premiership table.

The Hoops have already won there this season, recording a 3-0 win back in September, while the sides met in a Scottish Cup quarter-final clash at Celtic Park earlier this month, which the cup holders won 4-2.

Brendan Rodgers is looking forward to the resumption of domestic football after the international break and, as always, is hoping that his squad will reassemble free of injury and ready for the remainder of the campaign.

Speaking exclusively to Celtic TV, the Celtic manager said: “We have obviously been getting players back, which is really good. Fingers crossed by the end of this international break, we all come back.

“Then we’ll all be ready and embraced for a really exciting run-in.

'I think every game in this division can be a difficult game, but it’s about how you perform and our focus will very much be on ourselves.'

“We played Livingston only recently. Attacking wise, we were very good in the game, but we gave too much away for my liking.

“So our mentality and focus is to go and play to the level of game that we want to play, but making sure that we don’t give much up in terms of opportunities and space. If we can do that, then we can have a very good day hopefully.

Celtic TV Exclusive: Manager looks ahead to an exciting run-in to the season