Celtic defender Liam Scales believes the added pressure at the top of the table can bring out the best in his team.
The centre-back vowed to embrace the challenge after Celtic's draw at Aberdeen on Saturday allowed Rangers to cut the gap at the top of the cinch Premiership to three points.
They followed that up by beating Aberdeen 2-1 on Tuesday night, meaning Celtic remain top by just a single goal.
Scales said: "We know it’s a tight race at the moment and we know what it’s going to take to win the league, and that’s our objective.
"We just want to win as many games as possible and we feel like that will get us there.
"We know the pressure is there to win these games and we can’t drop many more points. That’s clear to us."
Speaking before Rangers' win, Scales said he did not believe the outcome at Ibrox would make any difference to Celtic’s approach.
"I don’t think it really matters, I don’t think the way we look at it changes whether we are top of the league by 10 points, three points or whether we are second," said the Ireland defender.
"We still approach every game to win it and that’s never going to change.
"Realistically it doesn’t change how we think about things at all.
"Obviously it adds a bit of pressure. But that’s good, I think. We need to embrace it and go from there.
"It shows a different side to players, if we can all perform under pressure then it shows a really good personality and that’s what we all want to see."
Meanwhile, Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has stressed the need for calm and focus as he predicted the title race would go down to the wire.
"I never set out this season thinking you are going to win a league by 10 or 20 points," he said.
"You set out to be the very best you can be and meet the challenge that is in and around you.
"Clearly, the competition is there and it will be tight, I’m pretty sure, through to the end of the season.
"For us, it’s just about really focusing on our own game and making sure we can have that consistency.
"We have the capacity to play well and win these big games but I think it demonstrates a wee bit about where the team is at and how young some of the team is because we haven’t been able to string it together for longer periods.
"We have gone four or five games, six games, whatever, and then that killer instinct just goes a little bit.
"We have won six of our last seven, we have drawn one. I know the rules up here in Glasgow, how it works.
"But the key is you just stay calm. I see the players train every day and I know we will have one or two players coming back and we will just continue to focus on that performance level."
Rodgers believes the pressure can bring out the best in his team.
"The expectation is one of the huge things here at Celtic, whether you are players or manager," he said.
"There’s stronger leagues out there in Europe but when you play and manage Celtic, it’s a real test of your mental fortitude as a person, dealing with expectation, dealing with pressure, and dealing with everything that comes with it.
"There’s not too many teams around Europe where you’ll have four points out of six and it’s crisis mode again.
"But I always think, while it can feel like that, that’s the catalyst where you can continually improve."
Rodgers has never won at Easter Road in four visits, losing twice and drawing twice, including a goalless encounter earlier this season.
"There’s still such a long way to go," he said. "The finish line is not even in sight, you have just got to go game by game, keep working well, keep your focus, and then pressure really comes later, a lot later down the line.
"But at this point you focus on your performance and what you can control.
"We have dropped points this year and it’s something that we need to be better at in this next part, but I don’t worry about where we finish now, it’s about going into the next game."
