Given that between now and Christmas, Celtic will be engaged in a two-pronged domestic and European campaign it is not outlandish to suggest that there will be two Hoops teams in action over the course of the coming months.

Judging by the early evidence of League Cup duty and league encounters on the back of European forays, it seems likely that some of the youngsters at the club will be given the opportunity to stake their claim for first-team football.

For the second time this season Brendan Rodgers went for youth, with the veteran in his back four on Saturday afternoon 20-year-old Kieran Tierney.

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As the club flew out to Kazakhstan yesterday afternoon to being their preparations for tomorrow afternoon’s return leg against Astana, there was ample opportunity to rest a few of the regulars with no consequence to the current unblemished run.

The 2-0 win over Killie was a little staid, no real surprise given the magnitude of Wednesday night’s win against Astana.

However, with Jozo Simunovic and Mikael Lustig – players who struggle on astroturf given their respective medical histories – essentially allowed to get their feet up before tomorrow’s game on Astana’s plastic pitch, there was another chance to see the likes of Kristoffer Ajer, Calvin Miller and Anthony Ralston in the senior team.

All impressed.

Miller, a recent convert to the left-back position, took a leaf out of Tierney’s book with his forays up and down the flank while Ralston, a robust, imposing right-sided full-back looks like a genuine apprentice to Lustig.

The 18-year-old was another who looked composed and the chances are that as the season progresses and Celtic look to maintain their domestic dominance while also posing questions of their own in the European circuit that the academy graduates will gain further exposure.

“I’m absolutely delighted with the integration of our young players; how they’re playing, how they’re working and how they’re fitting in to our ideas,” enthused Brendan Rodgers after the game.

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“Anthony Ralston is 18 and yet you’d think he’s 28. His maturity in his performance, and how tactically aware he is, is great.

“I’m also delighted for Calvin. I saw the fruits of him last year and he’s a player who, from deeper, can push on. He’s quick and aggressive so he is really developing into a first-class young player. So it’s nice for his experience to get another start in the league and to play to that level.

“Kris Ajer showed his qualities and is improving all the time. So those three, along with Kieran, were great, along with young Benny [Kundai Benyu] who started too. They all worked cohesively with the senior players who have been brilliant in my time here. I just thought it was a real team effort today and I’m very pleased.”

There is much for Rodgers to be pleased about.

His side have lodged a firm foot in the group stages of the Champions League group stages – they have yet to concede a goal in the qualifiers – while they have shown no signs of relinquishing their firm grip of the domestic game.

European football will offer a chance to take the team onto a higher level, while the expected arrival of Patrick Roberts back at the club either tomorrow or Wednesday while add further strength to the Parkhead side.

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On Saturday they were able to see off a toiling Kilmarnock side with minimum of fuss.

Tom Rogic was the architect of both goals, one in the opening half and one in the closing minutes, with his deft, quick feet first teeing up James Forrest and his second setting Callum McGregor free to net.

The Australian midfielder is arguably the most naturally gifted player at the club. His to unlock a blocked even the most cluttered of areas is notable and it will be interesting to chart just what his contribution is to Celtic's European campaign this term.

Rogic is the kind of player whose technique is suited to that environment but the question marks that hang over him are the more physical ones of fitness and a robustness to last the full game.

As one social media commentator joked after his part in the opening goal that he could nutmeg a mermaid, Rogic has gradually come to the fore under Rodgers and if he stays injury free this season he could play a pivotal role.

If there was any kind of hangover from the midweek game it was simply that the trademark aggression and energy from Rodgers' side had dipped a little, inevitable perhaps.

However, it is difficult to overlook the sheer consistency of Celtic; the win over Kilmarnock is the club's 52 consecutive win, 51 of which have come under Rodgers.

Celtic have not lost a game since the 2-0 defeat against Barcelona in the Champions League last November.

On what has been presented since the campaign began, there is no indication that that is set to change any time soon.