Substitute Hyun-Jun Yang scored twice and supplied an help as Celtic received 5-2 at St Mirren to maneuver 16 factors clear on the high of the Scottish Premiership.
An exhilarating recreation in Paisley noticed Celtic end strongly because of Yang’s impression as he put them 3-2 up within the 68th minute, arrange Daizen Maeda within the 88th minute after which scored the guests’ fifth in stoppage time (90+3).
The South Korean was introduced on with the sport within the stability at 2-2 with St Mirren threatening to take the lead.
The Buddies had twice equalised as Declan John’s gorgeous free-kick cancelled out Jeffrey Schlupp’s opener – his first objective for Celtic.
Arne Engels then restored Celtic’s lead from the spot in first-half stoppage time earlier than Killian Phillips deservedly levelled simply three minutes into the second half.
However Yang’s headers both aspect of a cool Maeda end go away Brendan Rodgers’ aspect simply three wins away from clinching a fourth consecutive Scottish Premiership title.
Celtic’s subsequent league recreation sees them host Rangers within the Previous Agency on March 16, stay on Sky Sports activities.
Defeat for St Mirren, in the meantime, damages their hopes of a top-six end with Stephen Robinson’s crew slipping to ninth and three factors off sixth-placed Motherwell, who received at Rangers’ in Barry Ferguson’s first house recreation as interim supervisor.
