A five-game journey of cup finals beckons with massive implications for the club, starting with a trip to face Motherwell in their first post-split fixture on Saturday.
For all Celtic’s attacking threat here, errors played a part in St Johnstone’s downfall.
Valakari is clear on the lessons that need to be quickly learned ahead of the run-in.
“That’s the reason we are where we are in the table,” he said. “We can do very, very good things, but we can’t do it enough whole 90 minutes.
“It needs to change now because the margin of error, we don’t have anymore. We can’t give silly goals away because we don’t have time or points to do it.
“There is no opponent who will help us to get out of it. It’s only us. We need to do it. We own our own performance. We own our situation and we own if we get out of it.
“So, there’s no fear. It’s a full attack.”
St Johnstone’s destiny still, maybe just, remains in their hands.
With five points between them and Dundee, and a Perth meeting between the two the last game of this season.
Valakari will hope his side have a fighting chance at the end of their five-game run, rather than their hopes being over halfway through as was the case at Hampden.
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