Celtic clinched their third successive Scottish
Premiership title with seven games to spare courtesy of a 5-1 win at Partick
Thistle on Wednesday.
You could almost hear the champagne corks being popped on
the green side of Glasgow from the fourth minute at Firhill as Anthony Stokes
headed home Emilio Izaguirre's cross.
Refusing the lie down without a fight, the home side
responded impressively and caused problems for the remainder of the half.
Yet they had no answer just after the break when
17-year-old Liam Henderson grabbed his first professional goal, coolly
converting after collecting a cross.
With the song 'championees' reverberating around the
ground, Celtic began to really assert their dominance, Stefan Johansen rifling
home a third.
Christie Elliot turned the tide a little with an
85th-minute goal, only for Neil Lennon's men to put an emphatic stamp on the
game courtesy of late goals from Stokes and Kris Commons.
In the evening's other game, Dundee United put breathing
room between themselves and Inverness Caledonian Thistle with a 2-1 win.
In a meeting of fourth versus fifth, United were put on
their way when Ryan Gauld finished off a fine move.
A fortuitous second came after the break, goalkeeper Dean
Brill's clearance hitting Ryan Dow and finding the net.
Liam Polworth's screamer offered Inverness hope, but
United clung on to leave themselves five points ahead of their opponents and
just four off the UEFA Europa League spots.
Culled from Soccerway
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