Celtic keeper Craig Gordon has told the Hoops that there is no excuse not to perform, despite the unrest currently surrounding the club.

It was a limp and wasteful performance yesterday afternoon as Celtic were held to a 1-1 draw against Ross County, a game that was dominated by off-field events.

The Celtic board came in from strong criticism for the running of the club with two banners held aloft before the game, condemning the board but also criticising the "empty jerseys" of the players.

Lawwell went into the Hoops dressing room after the game but Gordon has insisted that it is up to the players to block out anything going on around them.

Ronny Deila said afterwards that he felt as though the atmosphere affected his players, but Gordon was dismissive of that stance.

"We are professional football players," he said. "There is absolutely no excuse to go out and not give your all.

"We all earn a good wage and we know that we are paid to walk onto a football pitch and perform to the best of our abilities.

"To be absolutely frank, it shouldn't make a blind bit of difference what is going on round about us. It is up to us to stand up and get on with it and we didn't do that against Ross County, which is disappointing.

"It was a difficult week for everyone at the club, that's fair to say, but at the same time we are capable of so much more."

While Gordon was irked at the performance and result, he was still fuming at what he felt was an offside goal that was given for Ross County.

“It was offside," insisted the Hoops keeper. "The guy was standing on the other side of the penalty shot and he ducks so instead of a 25-yard shot it becomes a 13 or 14-yard shot, which I wasn’t able to see for half the distance it travelled. It’s offside, it’s as simple as that. Either the officials haven’t noticed it or they may have thought I wouldn’t save it anyway.

"But I would have done. It should have been offside. The referee says it’s hard when it goes in the top corner, but I doubt it even crossed their minds to look at that."

Meanwhile, Gordon believes that the onus is on Celtic now to get over the line as quickly as possible.

"We have an opportunity now to go to Tynecastle and put on a performance," he said. "It is always a tough game through in Edinburgh so we know that we need to be up for it.

"I think we can all see that it is a weak end to the season and it is not what we wanted. We need some unity now because whatever else is going on we are footballers, we have a title to win and that has to be our sole focus now."