“When did it get this bad?” – Luke McCowan is on form for Celtic after Old Firm loss to Rangers

The former Dundee player added: “It’s not nice. I’ll tell you this from a player’s point of view. He doesn’t leave you. He haunts you every minute of every day when you’re not winning.

“Going home, not talking to anyone, sitting on the sofa, not moving, just doing that black screen instead of turning on darts or showing the football highlights.

“But, as I said, that’s what comes with playing for Celtic. You have to take that pressure. You have to get there. You need to show character, and sometimes during the games, we didn’t do that well enough.

“Within the structure, we haven’t done it well enough. But that’s just kind of a trivial message right now. We need to stick together and keep moving forward.”

It was the second time in a matter of weeks that Celtic had led by a goal at the break but ended up losing after a similar defeat away to Dundee United.

“Rangers changed their shape and we didn’t react well to it,” McEwan said.

“We’re not reacting to it the way we should. It’s not good enough.”

“I’ll probably say it at least 20 times in these interviews, but it has to be better.

“Rangers can’t come here and win 3-1. That’s not good enough.”