Ross Co 0 – 2 Celtic

April 2, 2023 admin

Goals at the end of each half, including a controversial Video Assistant Referee (VAR)-awarded penalty, were enough to see Celtic win 2-0 at struggling Ross County to restore the Scottish Premiership champions’ nine-point lead over Rangers.

The visitors had been struggling to break down Malky Mackay’s resilient side at the Global Energy Stadium, that is until captain Alex Iacovitti was deemed to have handled in the area when trying to clear a corner in first-half stoppage time.

There were few appeals at the time, only for VAR Steven Kirkland to tell Willie Collum to go and look at the incident on the pitch-side monitor, with the on-field official wasting no time in pointing to the spot.

Jota did the rest from the spot, driving the resulting penalty down the middle for his 10th goal of the season, the same as the Portugal forward managed in the whole of the previous campaign.

And Celtic confirmed the win with a second deep into injury time at the end of the match as substitute Alexandro Bernabei, on for injured left-back Greg Taylor, drove an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net.

As a result, Ange Postecoglou’s team moved nine points clear of Rangers again at the top of the table ahead of their meeting at Celtic Park on Saturday – live on Sky Sports – while the hosts remain deep in trouble, just two points above bottom-of-the-table Dundee United.

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