DESPITE their own best efforts at times, Celtic managed to get the crucial win they needed against Motherwell to put themselves back on top of the Scottish Premiership, and quell any potential murmurings that Ange Postecoglou’s juggernaut may have been slipping just a little off the rails following the defeat at St Mirren last time out.
But boy, they made hard work of it.
It had looked as though it would be a serene afternoon for the Celtic Park faithful when Kyogo blasted them in front from a matter of inches early on, but a calamitous own goal from Josip Juranovic dragged Motherwell level, and brought about a change in the mood music around the stadium.
