Goals from new summer signings, Arne Engels and Luke McCowan, sealed the win over the Edinburgh side to extend Celtic’s lead over Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premiership table by eight points.
Indeed, Rangers face Dundee United at Tannadice this lunchtime knowing that they must win if they want to keep in touch within touching distance of Celtic as European football comes into focus midweek.
With Brendan Rodgers preparing to take another crack that Champions League football, the Celtic boss admits he’s excited by the challenge that’s ready to come.
Rodgers opens up the Champions League campaign with a home fixture against Slovan Bratislava at Celtic Park on Wednesday night,
And whilst the Celtic boss is ‘excited’ about it, he’s aiming to get three points on the board against the Slovakian champions.
Rodgers told The Scottish Mail on Sunday [print edition page 104], “Yes, I’m excited by it. We’ve got good balance in the squad.
“We’ve got areas, of course, that I would want to improve later on. But we’ve done a hell of a lot of work and real, real good work over the course of the summer.
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