Ange Postecoglou continues to put on a brave face, saying his Celtic side are on the right road despite their 1-1 home draw with Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership.
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Celtic remain in sixth place in the league, six points behind the leaders, having collected 10 points from seven matches following their latest disappointment on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Martin Boyle was on target again for Hibernian, scoring a league-leading sixth goal of the season in the Edinburgh side's 1-0 win at home to St Johnstone.
Celtic had another tough day, hitting the bar through David Turnbull, Jota and Australian international Tom Rogic, while Albian Ajeti somehow blazed over from two yards.
But United also had chances to win it after Ian Harkes quickly cancelled out Liel Abada's early headed goal with a similar effort.
Postecoglou, who had eight players missing, praised his team's effort and said that taking any wider implications for their season was premature.
"It's a weird league," he said. "You call things early here, don't you? It's quite remarkable that seven games in, people are calling the title already. It's just not how I work.
"I'm not pulling up stumps after seven games just because other people seem to think there is some sort of insurmountable challenge out there for us.
"If we weren't playing well, if we were struggling through things, then by all means I would be looking at things a lot differently.
"With the efforts we are putting in at the moment, and the football we are playing, and the chances we are creating, and what we have got to come back into the team, I just see it totally differently."
When reminded about the demands at Celtic, he said: "I know people are wanting to push me on some kind of edge of the ledge somewhere. It's just not going to happen.
"I don't worry about those things. I look at how my team is playing and what we are trying to create."
At their Easter Road home, Hibs earned a hard-fought win thanks to Boyle's 61st minute penalty, awarded after Jamie McCart had been adjudged to have handled his shot.
Boyle squeezed a low spot kick past goalkeeper Zander Clark, although the goalkeeper managed to get a hand to the effort.
The result lifted Hibs back up to second on goal difference ahead of city rivals Hearts.
Australian Associated Press
