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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
Graeme McGarry

Five talking points as Celtic overwhelm Hibernian once more to stay nine clear

CELTIC came through a rocky start against Hibernian as the hosts flew out of the blocks at Easter Road, but their class ultimately told as Ange Postecoglou’s side put on a scintillating attacking show to blow Lee Johnson’s men away.

Aaron Mooy opened the scoring for Celtic to settle the champions down, before a brilliantly taken second from the hugely impressive Daizen Maeda before the interval had them sitting pretty.

Any faint home hopes of a Hibs comeback were blown out of the water as Mooy converted a penalty for his second of the night after Lewis Stevenson was adjudged to have handled in the box, before Kyogo raced away and calmly added a fourth to send Celtic to Ibrox on January 2nd in fine fettle.

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