Celtic captain Scott Brown has called on his teammates to be braver as they bid to bounce back from their disappointing start to the season.
The Hoops lost to newly promoted Hamilton Academical in their previous match before the international break to leave the Scottish champions in sixth place in the table.
Next up for the Scottish champions is a trip north to face bottom side Ross County on Saturday, and midfielder Brown says the Celtic players must work harder to produce better results.
"We've got to be braver on the ball, we've got to work harder as a group and we've got to know when to close down or when to sit off as well," Brown said.
"We can't go running about here and there for 90 minutes because it's hard."
The defeat to Hamilton was their first to the Lanarkshire club since 1938 and ended a two-year unbeaten run at home in the league.
Brown was scathing of his teammates after the defeat, accusing them of "hiding".
And after returning from two weeks away on international duty with Scotland the midfielder is adamant he was right to hit out at his fellow players.
"I have definitely calmed down but I still believe what I said was right," the Celtic captain said.
"I am not going to change my thoughts on getting beat and being angry."
With two defeats and two draws from their opening eight fixtures, this has been the worst start to a season Celtic have suffered since 1998.
Celtic's poor form has heaped pressure on manager Ronny Deila, who replaced Neil Lennon only in the summer, but he has backed his players to bounce back against Ross County on Saturday.
"The Ross County game is very important. We want to bounce back at once and it's going to be a hard match but I feel we are improving all the time," Deila said.
Celtic have been boosted by the return from injury of Charlie Mulgrew, Mikel Lustig, Adam Matthews and Callum McGregor.
Leaders Hamilton could move provisionally nine points clear of Celtic if they beat Aberdeen on Friday, while Dundee United, in second, entertain Partick Thistle on Saturday.
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