Celtic's Liam Scales eager to break Rangers' clean sheet record this weekend

Celtic will make history with another clean sheet this weekend.

Celtic defender Liam Scales is eager to make history at Rangers' expense this weekend.

The Hoops have started the season with six consecutive cleans sheets, and if they record another shut-out against Ross County on Sunday, they will match Rangers' record of seven successive cleans sheets to start a season which was recorded by Steven Gerrard's side at the beginning of the 2020/2021 season.

It's already been Celtic's best defensive start in the league for 118 years, and with the added bonus of matching their arch rivals, Scales is keen to notch another clean sheet this weekend.

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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.”

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