Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon confident sharpness will come

Goalkeeper Craig Gordon was keen to play down the significance of Celtic's weekend friendly defeat by Dukla Prague.

Celtic lost 5-3 to the Czech side at St Mirren Park, and manager Ronny Deila warned that such a chequered performance would have given succour to Champions League opponents Stjarnan.

But Gordon is confident the requisite sharpness will come and is hoping to get more game time in Friday's encounter with Real Sociedad.

The Scotland international told the club's website: “We struggled a little bit and we were disappointed to lose that many goals. You could tell they (Dukla) had played four or five matches already.

“There was a bit of rustiness there and the things we were doing well towards the end of last season weren’t quite there – they were a bit quicker and sharper than we were.

“For a lot of our guys it was our first match and we were a bit off the pace compared to them, so over the next week or two we will sort that out.

“The manager will study this and come back with a few points for us and where we went wrong. It’s early days. We will have another week’s training under our belts before the Sociedad game and we will get a lot better.”