Robbie Neilson insists Hearts' time has come to dump Celtic as familiar foes go toe to toe at Tynecastle
dailyrecord.co.ukRobbie Neilson insists the time is now for Hearts to smash the Old Firm glass ceiling by dumping Celtic out of the Scottish Cup.The Jambos boss is adamant his team is more than equipped to shock Ange Postecoglou’s side at Tynecastle this lunchtime and book their place in the semi finals.
A midweek 3-1 Premiership loss to the Hoops in Glasgow is now ancient history for Neilson, above who believes his players can hit their ‘peak’ and prevent the league leaders making it 13 straight wins.Hearts last inflicted a defeat over the champions in Postecoglou’s first game in charge of Celtic back in July 2021, and Neilson is convinced this is the chance to repeat that feat.
He said: “If we are going to have any chance of doing it then this is probably the day “For the last 20 or 30 years one of Celtic or Rangers have been the dominant force so you’re having to play these teams six, seven times a season.“We know they are a top, top team, there’s no doubt about that, and we will have to be at our best to break that run.
That’s the objective for us. We’re at our peak at the moment, we’re playing at home, it’s a cup game, it’s all or nothing, so we’ll see what we can do.”Neilson doesn’t expect any surprises from Celtic’s line-up but he anticipates wholesale changes from the Hoops team which started four days ago.
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