Derek McInnes switched his focus back to the Premiership following Kilmarnock’s Scottish Cup exit at Celtic Park.

The match itself was a tighter affair than most had expected, but Rodgers was just happy that his team managed to get over the line

Celtic began their defence of the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup with a 2-1 fourth-round win over a spirited Kilmarnock side at Parkhead. Killie keeper Robby McCrorie was injured with less than a minute played and had to be replaced by Kieran O’Hara,

Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes: "We wanted to come here, with the odds stacked against us, and be competitive. We had a dressing room full of belief. "We came here depleted and it didn't help much when we have two injuries in the first half.

The Scottish Cup defence for the Celts gets underway tomorrow (January 18) with Kilmarnock the visitors to Paradise. It’s a first meeting in the Scottish Cup in 15 years for the two sides, as

Defender Lewis Mayo is undaunted by Kilmarnock's challenge of trying to knock out Scottish Cup holders Celtic and says last season's meetings give his side hope. While Kilmarnock have shipped six goals without reply in two defeats to Celtic this term,