We must learn to win the non-Celtic way, says Parkhead No.2

That was message from Parkhead No.2 Chris Davies as he insists Brendan Rodgers's players have to grind out results as well as blow teams away.

The Ladbrokes Premiership champions have been in full flow domestically under the Northern Irishman but came unstuck on Sunday in Inverness.

Celtic battered their Highland hosts but were stung by a late Caley goal that held them to a 2-2 draw.

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Always a team that prides itself on expansive attacking football, Davies is out to show his players can show a different side to their game.

“We want to be a team – and we will be that team – that can win by one goal," he said. "That’s important as if the opposition goalkeeper is having a special day you’ve got to be a team that can do that.

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“The bottom line at Celtic is it’s about winning games and trophies. That will never change.

"It’s important for us to try to win in a certain way but given the choice of an entertaining game that we don’t win or a boring game where you grind out a 1-0 win then we’d always take the latter. That’s what leads you to success and trophies.

"But it’s about finding the balance. We are a team that is open and attacking. You don’t score five goals against Rangers if you’re not committed to getting bodies forward.

“We are a team that is open, we are attacking so there are spaces because we’re committing bodies forward. You can’t score five goals against Rangers if you are not committing players forward.

“Some managers who get to 3-1 will all of a sudden bring on another two defensive players and just try to see the game out - that’s the choice you make.

“We’ve bought a lot of exciting attacking players, soloists in wide areas who want to go one-v-one. Inevitably what you do is open up a little space for the opponent at times.

“But if we are organised a little bit better, as we are trying to work on every day, in terms of the compactness of our team then we’ll close those spaces and be able to defend better."

Sunday's slip up was the first domestic game Celtic have played where a win has not been achieved.

With that thought in mind, Davies is not panicking over their recent blip. Instead, the Englishman believes more concentration can easily cut out cheap goals, including in tomorrow's Betfred Cup quarter-final against high-flying Alloa.

“We are a team that can do that already so nothing needs to change," he said. "But I think if we are winning 1-0 then in the last few minutes we have to make sure we can close it out. A big part of that is concentration.

"When you’re not having to defend a lot in a game it’s more of a challenge to concentrate. It’s about decision making and how can we as a unit be better.”