Matt O'Riley says St Johnstone will set up to stop Celtic rather than have any designs on taking three points. The Hoops have won 16 of their 17 league games this season and face the Perthshire Saints at Parkhead on Christmas Eve.
Aberdeen have faced criticism for how deep they defended at Pittodrie in a 1-0 loss to Ange Postecoglou's men last weekend while Livingston also presented them with a low block in Wednesday's 2-1 win for the champions.
O'Riley anticipates Callum Davidson's Saints as another hard team to break down and that their goal may be just to stop the ruthless impact Angeball can have.
But sticking to their principles is what will get Celtic through according to the midfielder: "They’re hard to beat like most teams in this league, they set up in a certain way to stop us rather than winning the game in my opinion.
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