Liam Scales eyes clean-sheet record as Celtic bid to shake off European defeat

Liam Scales has clean-sheet records in mind as Celtic bid to shake off their European disappointment in Dingwall.

Scales and his team-mates were on the end of a 7-1 thrashing against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday as they came crashing back down to earth following an impressive start to the season.

The champions have scored 20 goals without reply in six William Hill Premiership matches to equal a club record.

It is 118 years since Celtic started a league season with six consecutive clean sheets and extending that run against Ross County on Sunday would emulate Steven Gerrard’s Rangers team of 2020-21, who started the league season with a Scottish top-flight record of seven shut-outs.

It is a statistic that Scales is using as motivation.

The Republic of Ireland international said: “We know if we can have a good foundation, keep a clean sheet, we’re more than likely going to score goals and that’s going to win us games with the attacking quality we have.

“So it does give us something else to aim for, to keep going on this run and go as long as we can really.”

The centre-back is sure they can quickly move on from their difficult night in the Champions League.

“It’s in the past now and we’ve sort of moved on with an important game coming up at the weekend and we know that if we get results in the rest of our games in the Champions League, we have a chance of qualifying,” he said.

“It was a tough one to take, but we don’t dwell on it, we’ve moved on from that now.

“We just do what we usually do. We have our meetings, we have our analysis. Nothing changes. It doesn’t change when we win big, it doesn’t change when we lose.

“We just do what we do and move on and we’re always focused on the next game.

“Obviously you have the day after the game, it’s not nice. But we’ve started the season so well in the league, we’re unbeaten, we’re doing everything right domestically.

“So it’s sort of easy to just park what happened and move on to this game because obviously I want to keep being part of a defence that keeps clean sheets and keeps winning. Let’s see how long we can go on this run for.”