After a tense 85 minutes at Pittodrie Callum McGregor let off a release valve as his shot found the back of the net.
When you have 81% possession and pepper 30 plus shots on goal you normally have plenty to celebrate, at Tannadice in August Celtic never reached those figures but they did find the net nine times.
Whatever they tried today nothing seemed to work, things did pick up when Liel Abada came on at half-time but the breakthrough was elusive until the skipper stepped up with the final whistle in sight.
The relief was obvious, the nine point gap restored, the team had bridged the World Cup break without any mishap with two home matches on the horizon before Christmas Day.
Kyogo led the celebrations but there was something very intense about the way that the fans reacted to the manager, it was more than adapting a Christmas song as an epic year comes to a close with a clear view from the top.
