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Kyogo Furuhashi's lovely lob put Celtic 2-0 in frontCeltic continued their formidable domestic home form with an emphatic Scottish Premiership win against St Mirren.
Liel Abada crashed in the opener after 15 minutes as St Mirren's positive start was quickly extinguished.
Kyogo Furuhashi added a delicate lob before the break, and then finished off a sweeping move to ensure Celtic won their 11th straight home league game.
David Turnbull rifled in the fourth from 25 yards to seal the points.
Ange Postecoglou's side remain nine points clear of rivals Rangers after convincingly seeing off the only Scottish side to beat them this season.
St Mirren, who drop to seventh, are also the last to win at Celtic Park domestically almost two years ago, and they threatened to cause the champions more problems after a bright start.
But two minutes after Curtis Main's goal was ruled out for a tight offside, Abada smashed home from inside the box after Trevor Carson denied Carl Starfelt and Jota struck a post.
From that point, Celtic were in control. Reo Hatate's wonderful pass in behind found Kyogo, who managed to acrobatically scoop the ball up over the advancing Carson and into the net.
And the Japanese forward added his 19th goal of the season eight minutes into the second half as Celtic struck quickly when winning possession in their own half.
Jota was set free down the left and crossed for Kyogo side-foot home, and the original decision to disallow the strike for offside was overturned after a VAR check.
Kyogo was then confirmed as offside by VAR after setting up James Forrest for what Celtic thought was their fourth goal, which did arrive in spectacular fashion from Turnbull.
The substitute clinically drove a long-range shot past Carson after a short corner routine from Celtic, who extended their unbeaten domestic home record to 40 matches.
St Mirren have still only won once on the road but kept plugging away, and came close to a consolation goal when Declan Gallagher headed Ryan Strain's cross onto the bar.
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Line-ups
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Hart
- 2Johnston
- 4Starfelt
- 18Kobayashi
- 88Juranovic
- 33O'RileySubstituted forTurnbullat 70'minutes
- 42McGregor
- 41HatateSubstituted forMooyat 70'minutes
- 11AbadaSubstituted forForrestat 69'minutes
- 8FuruhashiSubstituted forMaedaat 79'minutes
- 17Neves FilipeSubstituted forHaksabanovicat 80'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Haksabanovic
- 13Mooy
- 14Turnbull
- 24Iwata
- 29Bain
- 38Maeda
- 49Forrest
- 56Ralston
- 57Welsh
St Mirren
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Carson
- 23StrainSubstituted forFlynnat 84'minutes
- 4Shaughnessy
- 31Gallagher
- 18DunneSubstituted forTaylorat 61'minutes
- 3Tanser
- 17BaccusSubstituted forKiltieat 61'minutes
- 16Erhahon
- 13Gogic
- 10Main
- 7AyungaSubstituted forGreiveat 61'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Taylor
- 8Flynn
- 9Brophy
- 11Kiltie
- 20Olusanya
- 21Greive
- 27Urminsky
- 30Taylor
- 32Kenny
Live Text
Match ends, Celtic 4, St. Mirren 0.
Second Half ends, Celtic 4, St. Mirren 0.
Attempt blocked. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Juranovic.
Attempt saved. Alexandros Gogic (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Shaughnessy with a cross.
Goal! Celtic 4, St. Mirren 0. David Turnbull (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Mooy following a corner.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Declan Gallagher.
Attempt missed. Greg Kiltie (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Ryan Flynn replaces Ryan Strain.
Offside, St. Mirren. Trevor Carson tries a through ball, but Alex Greive is caught offside.
Foul by Carl Starfelt (Celtic).
Alex Greive (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Celtic. Sead Haksabanovic replaces Jota.
Substitution, Celtic. Daizen Maeda replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic).
Declan Gallagher (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Celtic. Jota tries a through ball, but Kyogo Furuhashi is caught offside.
Corner, St. Mirren. Conceded by Josip Juranovic.
Substitution, Celtic. Aaron Mooy replaces Reo Hatate.
Substitution, Celtic. David Turnbull replaces Matt O'Riley.
Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Liel Abada.
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Celtic
Squad number1Player nameHart
Squad number2Player nameJohnston
Squad number4Player nameStarfelt
Squad number18Player nameKobayashi
Squad number88Player nameJuranovic
Squad number33Player nameO'Riley
Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
Squad number41Player nameHatate
Squad number11Player nameAbada
Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
Squad number17Player nameJota
Squad number9Player nameHaksabanovic
Squad number13Player nameMooy
Squad number14Player nameTurnbull
Squad number38Player nameMaeda
Squad number49Player nameForrest
St Mirren
Squad number1Player nameCarson
Squad number23Player nameStrain
Squad number4Player nameShaughnessy
Squad number31Player nameGallagher
Squad number18Player nameDunne
Squad number3Player nameTanser
Squad number17Player nameBaccus
Squad number16Player nameErhahon
Squad number13Player nameGogic
Squad number10Player nameMain
Squad number7Player nameAyunga
Squad number5Player nameTaylor
Squad number8Player nameFlynn
Squad number11Player nameKiltie
Squad number21Player nameGreive
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