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Watch the goals as Celtic win 2-1 at Motherwell

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Celtic took a massive step towards 5-in-a-row by beating Motherwell 2-1 at Fir Park today.

A double from Leigh Griffiths either side of a strike from Scott McDonald means that the hoops need to take eight points from their five post split fixtures to clinch the league flag.

With Aberdeen due at Celtic Park after the split a win over Derek McInnes’ side would mean that Ronny Deila’s side would need just one other victory to secure top spot.

Following Mark McGhee’s deliberate snub of Ronny Deila at the final whistle John Kennedy was tasked with media duties after the final whistle.

“It was important that we took advantage of Aberdeen slipping up last night,” the Celtic coach admitted.

“The first half performance was good, we had some good chances but we didn’t quite capitalise and in the second half we had to dig very deep but at this time of the season it is about results, that is the most important thing.

“It gives us an extra cushion but take nothing for granted in this game. With five games to go and eight points clear I would like to think we could see the job through.”

Looking at his penalty miss Griffiths said: “The first chance I had was a penalty and I will never hit a bad penalty like that again in my life and then the chances kept falling for me and my head was a little bit down.

“And then the ball came to my left foot and just tried to make contact with it and thankfully it went in.”

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