Brendan Rodgers was understandably disappointed after his side suffered a 2-0 home defeat against Hearts.

The visitors scored two first-half goals, and the Hoops were unable to find a way back into the match, which was a source of frustration for the Celtic manager.

Speaking after the game, the Hoops boss said: “I felt that our desire in the game and our passion in the game was nowhere near it in terms of when we started, and we were too passive.

'If you look at the first goal, we got blocked off so easy, so we were very naïve and then we give away a poor second goal.'

“It was a great free-kick but if you look at the lead-up to that, the passive nature of our game – there was intensity there – and eventually they come through to our final third and get the free-kick.

“I was disappointed with our authority and that mentality and desire to go and win the game. We got into some good areas for a lot of the afternoon but we never had any real decisive moments.

“Their keeper’s made some good saves but the feeling was that we’d maybe go through another hour and maybe not score.

“But overall I think the desire and that passion to play with that real intent was missing. It was better in the second half but still nowhere near a Celtic team.”

The focus now for the squad, following a second consecutive league defeat, will be on preparing for next Saturday’s home game against Livingston.

And Brendan Rodgers knows that these are the moments when he and his team will be judged over the course of the campaign.

“It’s surprising, but in some ways it’s not,” he said. “We’ve had a couple of moments here when I’ve seen the group and seen that mentality not there, and you’re having to activate it.

“But that’s not all the players. I look at Callum McGregor. Liam Scales, Matt O’Riley pushing and giving everything, and producing quality, but this is a collective game and it needs that collective mentality.

'Every game there’s a huge expectation so we’re bitterly disappointed to lose, and it’s that consistency that is a concern.'

“It’s easy lift them because this is the demand at this club – there’s a demand to win but there’s also a demand to win in a certain style and there’s no one more aware of that than me, and this is where I get judged as a manager.

“It’s great when you’re stood on the touchline and winning five or six-nil, but when you lose 2-0 against Hearts at home and you make a poor performance, this is where you get judged.

“So we need to reflect on the game and get away and get ready for next week, and produce a much, much higher level and standard of performance than we did today.”

Manager: Performance wasn't good enough for a Celtic team