SCOTT Brown said Celtic are ready for a difficult game tomorrow night (Wednesday) against Livingston, and maintained the champions have learned from their last outing to Almondvale earlier in the season.

Three days after booking their place in the Scottish Cup semi-final, Neil Lennon’s side will return to action in the league with a trip to the Tony Macaroni Arena where they will face Livingston.

Celtic have a perfect domestic record so far this year, with 11 consecutive wins and will look to maintain their 12-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership against fifth-placed Livingston.

The champions' only domestic loss on the road this season came at the hands at Livingston back in October and the Celtic captain is anticipating another tough challenge from Gary Holt’s side.

“It’s a hard place to go,” said Brown. “They’re well-organised, well-drilled and it’s on astro as well. The last game there was a hard one to take for us because we had a couple of weeks to think about it with us going straight on international duty. The lads didn’t meet up again for 10 days afterwards so you always analyse yourself, go back and watch the games and think about what you could have done better.

“We didn’t play that well, and even when we went down to 10 men, we could have played a lot better. We had a couple of chances but it just wasn’t to be that day. Livingston were very organised and played well.”

Brown said Celtic’s desire to learn from their mistakes has made them stronger, and the 34-year-old insisted he and his team-mates will not repeat the same mistakes they made the last time they were at the Tony Macaroni Arena.

“We’re not perfect, and we’re not going to win every single game by five or six goals, but it’s about learning from the mistakes we’ve made,” he said.” We’re all about learning. That’s football for you and we want to try and learn as much as we possibly can. We want to bounce back.

“It’s a hard place to go and a lot of teams have struggled there this season. Gary Holt’s done a great job there but it’s about how we break them down and how we play. We’re going to have to do the hard work first against Livingston but we’re also going to have to play smart as well because we know how organised they are.

“It’s not about us wanting revenge, it’s about learning from our mistakes and showing we can bounce back. We did that from the Copenhagen game into the St Johnstone game, and we did that after the last Livingston game by going on a great run.

“It’s about learning. People aren’t perfect, they’re going to make mistakes here and there but we need to make sure we don’t do it regularly.”

Captain: We've learned from our mistakes in last Livingston outing