Delighted Ange Postecoglou saluted his aspect's "huge" win over Rangers as he waxed lyrical over skipper Callum McGregor
Objectives from Tom Rogic and Cameron Carter-Vickers turned the sport on its head after Aaron Ramsey had Ibrox rocking from solely three minutes.
However Celtic stayed composed earlier than displaying their battling qualities to repel the champions on numerous events within the second interval.
The league leaders are closing in on title glory just one yr after they meekly conceded their crown as they misplaced out to Rangers by 25 factors.
Postecoglou is not for calling the title race regardless of a six-point lead however the supervisor who has sparked an unimaginable turnaround was left thrilled along with his aspect's endeavours.
Talking to Sky Sports activities, he stated: "Yeah, huge. I am simply actually happy with the gamers.
"It is a troublesome place to come back to and so they obtained off to an important begin and you recognize in these sort of circumstances every part is of their favour, it will take a large effort to show it round.
"I believed the boys had been good.
"They've had character from day one, that is what I preserve saying, it is perhaps been the one factor folks have perhaps neglected, there's a actual metal to this crew, a resilience.
"We needed to be, we misplaced three video games of the primary six, we had been nonetheless placing a crew collectively and the league had already began, however no excuses.
"We needed to maintain pushing on, we needed to present that as we speak, Rangers had been at it, they put us beneath stress, the group had been behind them, however tremendous happy with our efforts."
And he had type phrases for goalscorer Rogic however he was additionally fast to level out the collective crew effort led by all-action skipper McGregor.
Postecoglou additionally talked up his rearguard who produced a season-best show to depart Rangers bereft of solutions.
He added: "I do know Tom properly, I had feeling as we speak he would put in an enormous shift for us.
"He is been at this soccer membership for a very long time, he is had numerous success, he is aware of what it's like to come back right here, significantly in these kind of circumstances.
"I knew he could be up for it.
"He was nice, they had been all nice as we speak, led by an unbelievable skipper, Callum McGregor was excellent.
"I believed we defended very well, they put numerous balls into the field, Joe made a few good saves, however other than that... the again 4 will get slightly bit undervalued, they needed to defend rather a lot as we speak and I believed they dealt with it properly."
Postecoglou is conscious of the importance of the outcome however his focus is on subsequent week's conflict with St Johnstone as followers begin to dream of title glory.
He stated: "It is three factors, mate, it is three factors and there is one other three factors we have to get subsequent week.
"We'll simply preserve accumulating them till it means one thing."