“The pleasing thing for us is that the goals came from stuff we work on every day.

“I thought it was a good strong collective effort around our football, we were relentless with it until the final whistle which was pleasing.

“It was a great day and I keep saying to the players that every game provides an opportunity to lay down a marker and create something special and you don’t want to dismiss any fixture, you want to try and be the best you can be.

“I guess that’s why it does go into the record books and the players can be proud they contributed to something that hasn’t been done before but our attention quickly turns.

'Every game is an opportunity to set a marker and it’s not about trying to reach some sort of perfection, it’s about trying to improve.'

“Our performance on Sunday and the quality of our goals was excellent and there have been other games when it’s been just as good but we’ve not finished off our work and at the weekend we did.

“It’s about constant improvement and there are still areas we can improve from the weekend.”

The trip to Ross County is the first time the Celts will play a midweek game this season and it starts a procession of fixtures that will see three games every week from now until the World Cup in November.

Dingwall is a place with very happy memories for the Hoops since the manager has taken charge and Wednesday’s match is the second visit there this season after a 3-1 win at the start of the month.

The League Cup holds a special place in Ange Postecoglou’s heart with it being the first trophy he won as Celtic manager and despite admitting he is likely to make some changes against County, he will be going all out to ensure they stay in the hat to defend their trophy.

He added: “I think it was a significant trophy for us last year because we had a challenging start to the year but winning a trophy added belief into the group about the direction we were heading.

“It was important to win it but that’s the nature of the club that irrespective of my feelings on a cup, the expectations are the same where you try and win every game and every competition you’re in.

'It’s a challenging fixture, they are a hard team to play against and in a cup competition, you know every opponent is a potential pitfall so you have to be at your best.'

“Everyone pulled up fine from the weekend. Joe Hart had a few stitches in his head and that was the main thing, but everyone pulled up okay.

“Giorgos Giakoumakis is back with us in training, so we have a fully fit squad.

“I’ll make some changes, I don’t know how many but it’s about putting out a team to reach the levels we need to get to win a difficult game.

“It’s a quick turnaround to Saturday and Ross County away is difficult anyway because you get back in the early hours of the morning, so with all that in mind we will make some changes but with the view of performing at the levels we need to.”

Manager: Dundee United win was relentless but we can improve for Ross County