Celtic made sure to keep pace in the Scottish Premiership title race, demolishing Dundee 7-1 at Celtic Park, with six goals coming in the first half.
Each of the first three goals on Wednesday night were headers. Cameron Carter-Vickers set things off in the seventh minute, then Adam Idah (16) scored with the back of his head, before Matt O’Riley’s stooped effort made it three (22).
But that made up only 50 per cent of the first-half goal tally. Daizen Maeda’s fine finish (28) added the fourth, before Greg Taylor (33) found the net shortly after. A strike just before the interval from Callum McGregor (45+6) made it six, shortly after Curtis Main had a goal ruled out for offside.
Dundee, who made three half-time changes, tightened up in the second half. Celtic only added one more to their tally as Daniel Kelly (63) curled home a fine effort.
The visitors’ evening looked to go from bad to worse when Finlay Robertson was sent off for two yellow cards, but they did claw back some pride as Michael Mellon volleyed past Joe Hart for Dundee’s reply.
It sees Celtic remain two points behind Rangers in the title race, who themselves came from behind to beat Kilmarnock on Wednesday. Dundee remain in sixth on 32 points.
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What’s next?
Sunday 3rd March 11:00am
Kick off 12:00pm
Celtic’s next Scottish Premiership match is away to Hearts on Sunday, live on Sky Sports. Kick-off 12pm.
Dundee are at home to Kilmarnock on Saturday at 3pm.
