Postecoglou furious as Celtic suffer first league loss in 364 days

After

were defeated for the first time in the league in 364 days on Sunday,

Ange Postecoglou

slammed the Scottish Premiership champions’ “work ethic”.

Celtic lost the battle against

2-0 on Sunday as Mark O’Hara scored the opener for the Paisley side in the first half of the game. Then, Jonah Ayunga went on to seal his side’s victory in the second half and brought about Celtic’s first league loss in 364 days.

The defeat was also their second in their last 27 matches with St. Mirren. The Celtic boss said that his team were on their usual standards.

"We just weren't aggressive both in action and in thought,"

 he said.

"We kind of tried to ease our way into a game of football and you just can't do that. You've got to be at it from the start and we weren't. 

"You don't put it down to one of those days; it's a disappointing day. We pride ourselves on having certain standards and we didn't reach those. And football will always teach you that lesson.

"What has got us to this point over the past 15 or 16 months is having a certain work ethic and certain levels of performance and belief. We didn't reach any of those. We've got to take the hits when they come and we've just got to get back up and go again.

"We've done that before as a team over the past 15 or 16 months. It's a sore one, it's one that we've got to use as the fuel we need next to get going again.

"We were nowhere near the levels we want to be. Credit to St Mirren. They worked really hard and were really committed to their game plan. They made it hard for us, but we never hit the levels we need to play our football. It's about dusting ourselves off and getting going again."

Celtic are sitting top of the Scottish Premiership, with a two-point advantage over

and the international break is around the corner.

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