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Kevin van Veen's 24th goal of the season earned Motherwell a draw at Celtic ParkCeltic suffered a minor bump in their pursuit of back-to-back Scottish Premiership titles after they dropped points at home for the first time in almost a year in a draw with Motherwell.
Ange Postecoglou's side went into the game off the back of 12 straight league wins and were on track to extend that run to 13 when Callum McGregor's deflected first-half effort opened the scoring.
But the runaway league leaders were never at their free-flowing best as Kevin van Veen's 24th goal of the season levelled the game after the break and earned a point for the Fir Park club.
The draw stretches Celtic's lead at the top to 13 points, but victory for Rangers at Aberdeen on Sunday will cut that gap to 10 with five games to play.
That means Postecoglou's men need just two wins from their post-split fixtures to clinch a successive Premiership title.
Motherwell, meanwhile, continue their impressive form under Stuart Kettlewell, whose side remain eighth.
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Line-ups
Celtic
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Hart
- 2Johnston
- 20Carter-Vickers
- 4Starfelt
- 3TaylorSubstituted forTurnbullat 87'minutes
- 42McGregor
- 24IwataSubstituted forMooyat 65'minutes
- 9HaksabanovicSubstituted forOhat 65'minutes
- 33O'RileySubstituted forVataat 79'minutes
- 38Maeda
- 8FuruhashiBooked at 64mins
Substitutes
- 13Mooy
- 14Turnbull
- 18Kobayashi
- 19Oh
- 25Bernabei
- 29Bain
- 53Summers
- 56Ralston
- 69Vata
Motherwell
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 1Kelly
- 16McGinn
- 66Butcher
- 52CaseySubstituted forBlaneyat 51'minutes
- 22Johnston
- 27Goss
- 8SlatteryBooked at 81minsSubstituted forAitchisonat 90+3'minutes
- 24FurlongSubstituted forO'Donnellat 80'minutes
- 53PatonBooked at 74minsSubstituted forMillerat 79'minutes
- 7Spittal
- 9van VeenBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 2O'Donnell
- 4Lamie
- 5Mugabi
- 13Oxborough
- 15Aitchison
- 17McKinstry
- 20Blaney
- 21Mandron
- 38Miller
Live Text
Match ends, Celtic 1, Motherwell 1.
Second Half ends, Celtic 1, Motherwell 1.
Attempt missed. Carl Starfelt (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rocco Vata.
Alistair Johnston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin van Veen (Motherwell).
Foul by Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic).
Paul McGinn (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kevin van Veen (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card.
Carl Starfelt (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin van Veen (Motherwell).
Substitution, Motherwell. Jack Aitchison replaces Callum Slattery.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Max Johnston.
Attempt missed. Oh Hyeon-Gyu (Celtic) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Rocco Vata with a cross.
Substitution, Celtic. David Turnbull replaces Greg Taylor.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Greg Taylor.
Attempt blocked. Lennon Miller (Motherwell) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin van Veen.
Attempt blocked. Oh Hyeon-Gyu (Celtic) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Shane Blaney.
Attempt saved. Carl Starfelt (Celtic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross.
Callum Slattery (Motherwell) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Celtic
Squad number1Player nameHart
Squad number2Player nameJohnston
Squad number20Player nameCarter-Vickers
Squad number4Player nameStarfelt
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
Squad number24Player nameIwata
Squad number9Player nameHaksabanovic
Squad number33Player nameO'Riley
Squad number38Player nameMaeda
Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
Squad number13Player nameMooy
Squad number14Player nameTurnbull
Squad number19Player nameOh Hyeon-Gyu
Squad number69Player nameVata
Motherwell
Squad number1Player nameKelly
Squad number16Player nameMcGinn
Squad number66Player nameButcher
Squad number52Player nameCasey
Squad number22Player nameJohnston
Squad number27Player nameGoss
Squad number8Player nameSlattery
Squad number24Player nameFurlong
Squad number53Player namePaton
Squad number7Player nameSpittal
Squad number9Player namevan Veen
Squad number2Player nameO'Donnell
Squad number15Player nameAitchison
Squad number20Player nameBlaney
Squad number38Player nameMiller
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