Celtic’s McGregor Focused on Securing League Cup After Last Season’s Miss

Celtic’s captain, Callum McGregor, indicated that Sunday’s League Cup final holds “a little more” significance, given it represents the sole trophy that “slipped away” from the club during the previous season. In the prior season’s final, Rangers secured a 1-0 victory over Aberdeen, while Celtic’s campaign ended in the last 16 following a defeat to Kilmarnock. Brendan Rodgers’ team remains undefeated in domestic competitions this campaign and is considered the favourite to overcome a Rangers squad, which they currently lead by 11 points in the Premiership standings. Nevertheless, McGregor’s complete attention is directed towards achieving another successful appearance at Hampden. McGregor commented: “Of course, the ones that slip away from you are the ones that you remember. Every tournament that we play in, we want to win it, we want to do the best we can and obviously this is the first one that’s up for grabs, so our approach doesn’t change. Maybe a little bit more because we didn’t win it last year, but the expectation is to win and the players know that. We have to give everything we can to make sure it’s a positive afternoon. First one of the season is always big, can set your season up as well. We know how big a game it is, the players know, they understand what the expectation is. We have to do everything possible to make sure we win the game.”