Celtic clinched their fourth consecutive Scottish Premiership title with a commanding 5-0 away victory over Dundee United on Saturday.
Brendan Rodgers’ aspect wanted solely some extent to verify prime spot within the first recreation after the league break up, with Nicolas Kuhn and substitute Adam Idah each scoring twice of their beautiful victory.
United had a few half-chances early on earlier than Celtic took management and located their breakthrough half an hour in.
Arne Engels curled a nook into the far put up, and Jota’s stress on Ryan Pressure noticed the defender divert Liam Scales’ nod down into his personal web.
Simply eight minutes later, Kuhn acquired his first of the sport, ending off a lightning-quick counter-attack by volleying Daizen Maeda’s cross into the roof of the online.
His second got here in first-half stoppage time. Maeda fizzed a low cross in from the left this time, and Kuhn was unmarked on the penalty spot to information it previous the wrong-footed Jack Walton.
Even with a three-goal benefit, Celtic went straight on the assault within the second half, netting their fourth simply two minutes after the restart. Idah, a first-half substitute for Jota, was unmarked to nod in Alistair Johnston’s byline cross.
Idah then rounded off the guests’ five-star efficiency 11 minutes later; whereas off-balance, he latched onto Callum McGregor’s reverse go to fit a low shot into the bottom-left nook.
Kasper Schmeichel was compelled into motion to guard his clear sheet late on. Kristijan Trapanovski raced in behind Celtic’s defence, however in a one-on-one scenario, the goalkeeper stretched to push his strike away.
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Information Debrief: Fortunate quantity 13
Celtic’s newest title has been coming for a very long time, with this win shifting them 18 factors away from rivals Rangers, who solely have 5 matches left to play.
They’ve been topped the Scottish champions for the thirteenth time within the final 14 seasons, failing to elevate the trophy solely in 2020-21 on this interval.
Given their current dominance over Dundee United, this outcome won’t come as a shock. Celtic have now gone unbeaten in 23 straight matches towards them in all competitions (W18 D5), a run spanning over 10 years.