Celtic moved three factors away from Aberdeen on the prime of the Scottish Premiership after a high-powered second-half show earned Brendan Rodgers’ facet a 4-1 win at Hearts.

The guests noticed extra of the ball in a goalless first half, however it was Hearts who loved a flurry of probabilities because of slicing counterattacking play.

Blair Spittal and James Penrice have been amongst these to be denied by Kasper Schmeichel, whereas Alan Forrest noticed his strike blocked by Cameron Carter-Vickers on the finish of a sweeping transfer ignited by the excellent Penrice.

However having struggled to bother Craig Gordon within the first half, Celtic pressured the Hearts goalkeeper into an excellent save early within the second, Kyogo Furuhashi seeing his close-range effort denied after pivoting within the field.

The Celtic ahead breached Gordon’s objective within the fifty fifth minute, although, ending on the second time of asking after Daniel Oyegoke had ceded possession in a harmful space. Spurred on, the guests then prolonged their lead by means of Scottish Premiership prime scorer Nicolas Kuhn, who drove into the left-hand-side of the Hearts field and powered his end into the close to prime nook.

Although Hearts responded nicely, coming closest when Anthony Ralston diverted a curling cross onto his personal crossbar, Celtic confirmed their ruthless edge within the closing phases, substitute Adam Idah scoring with simply his third contact.

Musa Drammeh, on from the Hearts bench, diminished the deficit to 2 with an excellent strike from outdoors the field, however Celtic remained on prime and Idah transformed a stoppage-time penalty to seal an vital win.

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