Livingston 0 Celtic 3: Instant reaction to the burning issues

Celtic warmed up for their trip to face Rangers at Ibrox next Sunday in fine style as a second half goal rush brushed Livingston aside in West Lothian.

The Celtic fans chanted his name loudly from the off, and he was straight into the action, picking up the ball from the backline and quickly passing it forward, bringing a dynamism to the midfield that Brendan Rodgers’ side has sorely lacked at times this season in his absence. It was no surprise though that he played a central role as Celtic finally broke the deadlock shortly after the break, his shot being saved by Livi keeper Shamal George and somehow rebounding back into the home net via the hapless Brandon.

The one real exception came when Kyogo Furuhashi managed to turn Ayo Obileye inside the area and draw a very decent save from George, but that came as the clock ticked into stoppage time, and home manager Davie Martindale would have been pleased with how his men had managed to keep Celtic at arm’s length for the most part.

Martindale went apoplectic on the touchline, berating his men for failing to clear their lines, and from there, there was only one winner.The main talking point of the first half was a potential penalty for Celtic as Kyogo went down under the challenge of Livi captain Mikey Devlin, the striker stealing in front of the defender as he looked to clear a low cross into the area.

The officials, and the soon to be retiring Crawford Allan, will likely be relieved that Celtic went on to win and the incident will now be a footnote to the game rather than the main talking point of the next week leading up to next Sunday.Amid the excitement at the imminent returns of Hatate and McGregor, it has been somewhat forgotten just what a vital contribution Bernardo has made to this Celtic side in their absence at points throughout this season.

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