Celtic will spend Christmas Day nine points clear at the summit of the Scottish Premiership after an emphatic 4-1 victory over St. Johnstone at Celtic Park.
Ange Postecoglou’s facet have been imperious within the league this season, successful 17 of their 18 matches and shedding simply as soon as, and so they carried that kind into in the present day’s match regardless of going through a St. Johnstone facet in good kind.
Reo Hatate gave the Bhoys the lead contained in the opening quarter of an hour and from then onwards it was primarily a procession, with Kyogo Furuhashi doubling the benefit solely 4 minutes later.
It was an important day at the workplace for Celtic’s Japanese contingent, with Hatate and Furuhashi grabbing two objectives every whereas Daizen Maeda additionally had a stable sport.
Drey Wright pulled one again for the guests with round 20 minutes of the match left, the aim being confirmed after a prolonged VAR verify, nevertheless it was little greater than a comfort as Celtic made it 11 consecutive wins within the Scottish Premiership.
There was time for some late drama as David Turnbull obtained a pink card for Celtic following one other VAR verify, however this was solely a light dampener on one other stable day’s work for Postecoglou and firm.
GK: Joe Hart (6); RB: Reo Hatate (9), CB: Cameron Carter Vickers (7), CB: Carl Starfelt (8), LB: Greg Taylor (7); CDM: Callum McGregor (9), CM: O’Riley (8), CM: Aaron Mooy (8); RW: Daizen Maeda (7), LW: James Forrest (8); ST: Kyogo Furuhashi (9).
SUBS: Liel Abada (7), Jota (6), Sead Haksabanovic (6), Georgios Giakoumakis (6), David Turnbull (5).
GK: Remi Matthews (5); CB: Ryan McGowan (6), CB: Liam Gordon (5), CB: Andrew Considine (5); RWB: Drey Wright (6), CM: Graham Carey (6), CM: Daniel Phillips (6), CM: Melker Hallberg (6), LWB: James Brown (5); ST: Nicky Clark (6), ST: Stevie May (5).
SUBS: Connor McLennan (6), Cameron MacPherson (6), Alexandar Mitchell (6), Alistair Crawford (6), Thelonius Bair (N/A).
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