Source: Team_Talk
Ki hopes for home comforts
Ki Sung-yueng believes Celtic will have to rely on their home games if they are to progress out of their difficult Europa League group.[LNB] The Hoops warmed up for the visit of Udinese on Thursday with a 2-0 Scottish Premier League win over Inverness at Parkhead on Saturday.[LNB]After losing their opening Group I fixture to Atletico Madrid 2-0 in Spain earlier in the month, Ki is looking for Celtic Park to inspire the players in the games against the Spanish club and Rennes, following this week's visit of the Italian outfit.[LNB]"We have just played one game and if we win against Udinese we still have a chance," said the 22-year-old South Korea international.[LNB]"We will have to be at our best and if we get a chance we will have to score.[LNB]"Away games in the Europa League or Champions League are not easy so we should at least draw away games and win every home game, that is our target.[LNB]"But as I said, it's not going to be an easy game because they are a good team.[LNB]"They are doing very well in Italy but it is our home game which means we have a lot of fans behind us.[LNB]"So we want to win the game."[LNB]Manager Neil Lennon admitted better teams than Caley would have punished some of the sloppy defensive play which perforated Celtic's win over the SPL's bottom side.[LNB]Midfielders Joe Ledley and James Forrest took the pressure off with their first-half strikes to keep the Parkhead men four points behind SPL leaders Rangers and Ki admits everyone in the Hoops engine room needs to chip in with goals.[LNB]"We can't rely on the strikers every time," said Ki, who has notched three so far this season.[LNB]"We have good midfielders in the team who can score goals and I think we should score more.[LNB]"Me, Beram Kayal, Joe and Scott Brown can score more goals and help the strikers to score.[LNB]"James has scored four goals and I think he is one of the top young players in Scotland. He has shown his quality and he is improving.[LNB]"We had a few chances in the second half but we couldn't make it 3-0 but we got the three points."[LNB]Lennon praised his two scorers, both of whom have found themselves on the bench in recent weeks.[LNB]"Ledley is playing very well and I thought Forrest was excellent," said the former Hoops skipper.[LNB]"I was hoping Anthony Stokes would score that one just after half time, that would have rounded off a brilliant individual run by James.[LNB]"Without being brilliant it was a very good result and I am pleased with the clean sheet as well."[LNB]He will have to change his side around again for the visit of Udinese even if striker Gary Hooper recovers from the knock which forced him off in the second half yesterday.[LNB]Left-back Badr El-Kaddouri is ineligible although utility player Charlie Mulgrew returns from suspension.[LNB]Lennon is already without Emilio Izaguirre, Cha Du-ri and Scott Brown through injury and he revealed stopper Kelvin Wilson will be out for 10 weeks with a torn Achilles picked up in the Scottish Communities League Cup third-round win at Ross County in midweek.[LNB]He said: "It just means we have to re-jig things a little bit in defence.[LNB]"We will see how Gary is, I am hoping it is not too serious."
