Celtic extend lead at top of William Hill Premiership after thrashing Hearts
The Hoops moved four points clear of rivals Rangers after the one-sided victory at Celtic Park.
Callum Osmand was on target again as Celtic inflicted more misery on Hearts with a 7-1 thrashing at Parkhead.
Osmand netted twice in two first-half minutes in the first meeting of the teams since his goal sealed Celtic’s last-gasp title success at the expense of the Edinburgh side.
The Hoops were two up inside 10 minutes after Kieran Tierney and Benjamin Nygren both scored from Mika Baur corners, and the latter had the William Hill Premiership champions 5-1 up at the interval after forcing an own goal from Jamie McCart.
Camilo Duran piled on the agony with a goal four minutes after the restart and Nygren rounded off the scoring to send Martin O’Neill’s side four points clear of Rangers.
Hearts had arrived in Glasgow as the division’s top goalscorers and with the opportunity to move two points behind the leaders.
They produced 20 shots at goal, one of which found the net from Laurent Mendy, but Celtic were far superior in the final third and benefited from some extremely slack defending.