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Celtic marked Ange Postecoglou’s 100th game in charge with a battling comeback win over Hearts to preserve their nine-point Scottish Premiership lead.
Much-changed Hearts – missing regulars including top scorer Lawrence Shankland – stunned the champions with Josh Ginnelly’s stooping header and matched their hosts for the opening hour.
But Daizen Maeda slid in a first-half leveller and Celtic ramped up the pressure with Kyogo Furuhashi lashing in before Sead Haksabanovic’s stunning finish sealed it.
Celtic’s eighth straight league win edges them closer to a second title in succession, while Hearts’ five-point cushion in third place remains intact after Hibernian’s thrashing by Rangers.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Hart
- 56Ralston
- 20Carter-Vickers
- 4Starfelt
- 25Bernabei
- 13MooySubstituted forIwataat 80′minutes
- 42McGregor
- 33O’RileySubstituted forHatateat 70′minutes
- 11AbadaSubstituted forHaksabanovicat 71′minutes
- 8FuruhashiSubstituted forOhat 70′minutes
- 38MaedaSubstituted forNeves Filipeat 31′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Johnston
- 9Haksabanovic
- 14Turnbull
- 17Neves Filipe
- 18Kobayashi
- 19Oh
- 24Iwata
- 29Bain
- 41Hatate
Hearts
Formation 3-5-2
- 28Clark
- 72Hill
- 21Sibbick
- 15Rowles
- 12Atkinson
- 14DevlinBooked at 53minsSubstituted forSmithat 71′minutes
- 8KiomourtzoglouBooked at 77mins
- 7Grant
- 16HallidaySubstituted forKingsleyat 71′minutes
- 17ForrestSubstituted forMcKayat 71′minutes
- 30GinnellySubstituted forOdaat 44′minutesSubstituted forKuolat 65′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Smith
- 3Kingsley
- 13Stewart
- 18McKay
- 20Neilson
- 45Tait
- 61Kuol
- 88Oda
Live Text
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Match ends, Celtic 3, Heart of Midlothian 1.
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Second Half ends, Celtic 3, Heart of Midlothian 1.
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Oh Hyeon-Gyu (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by James Hill (Heart of Midlothian).
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Attempt blocked. Oh Hyeon-Gyu (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Reo Hatate.
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Goal! Celtic 3, Heart of Midlothian 1. Sead Haksabanovic (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alexandro Bernabei.
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Attempt missed. Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt blocked. Garang Kuol (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathaniel Atkinson.
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Substitution, Celtic. Tomoki Iwata replaces Aaron Mooy.
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Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Attempt missed. Jota (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sead Haksabanovic with a cross.
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Sead Haksabanovic (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothian).
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Foul by Anthony Ralston (Celtic).
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Jorge Grant (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Stephen Kingsley replaces Andrew Halliday.
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Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Michael Smith replaces Cameron Devlin.
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Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Barrie McKay replaces Alan Forrest.
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Substitution, Celtic. Sead Haksabanovic replaces Liel Abada.
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Substitution, Celtic. Oh Hyeon-Gyu replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
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Celtic
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Squad number1Player nameHart
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Squad number56Player nameRalston
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Squad number20Player nameCarter-Vickers
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Squad number4Player nameStarfelt
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Squad number25Player nameBernabei
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Squad number13Player nameMooy
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Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
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Squad number33Player nameO’Riley
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Squad number11Player nameAbada
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Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
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Squad number38Player nameMaeda
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Squad number9Player nameHaksabanovic
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Squad number17Player nameJota
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Squad number19Player nameOh Hyeon-Gyu
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Squad number24Player nameIwata
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Squad number41Player nameHatate
Heart of Midlothian
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Squad number28Player nameClark
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Squad number72Player nameHill
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Squad number21Player nameSibbick
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Squad number15Player nameRowles
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Squad number12Player nameAtkinson
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Squad number14Player nameDevlin
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Squad number8Player nameKiomourtzoglou
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Squad number7Player nameGrant
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Squad number16Player nameHalliday
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Squad number17Player nameForrest
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Squad number30Player nameGinnelly
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Squad number2Player nameSmith
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Squad number3Player nameKingsley
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Squad number18Player nameMcKay
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Squad number61Player nameKuol
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Squad number88Player nameOda
