Daniel Kelly supplied the icing on the cake as Celtic demolished Dundee 7-1 on a rain lashed night in the east end of Glasgow.
Callum McGregor put Celtic 6-0 in front just before the break then was replaced by Kelly at the break with the teenager only needing 18 minutes to make his mark.
Yang Hyun-jun cut the ball back from the right, it was just out of reach for Kyogo Furuhashi and Matt O’Riley but Kelly shaped up brilliantly to ping an unstoppable shot into the top corner from 16 yards out.
It was a special moment for the young midfielder who looked perfectly at ease alongside O’Riley and Tomoki Iwata as Celtic dominated the second period without getting the rewards that their play deserved.
Kelly made his top team debut coming off the bench against Buckie Thistle last month with tonight his first taste of SPFL action.
— Celtic Goals (@celticgoalsreal) February 28, 2024
After recent struggles Celtic finally hit form, finding themselves three goals in front in the first half hour thanks to headers from Cameron Carter-Vickers, Adam Idah and Matt O’Riley.
There were further first half goals from Daizen Maeda, Greg Taylor and McGregor, with their confidence restored it is now on to Tynecastle on Sunday where an away win would greatly bolster the defence of the SPFL title.
That’s more like it Celtic hitting top form just before we play the BIGOTED MANKY NEW KLUB FROM IBROX.
An unbelievable 1st half tonight with the sheer quality of our play being fully rewarded with 6 goals. We still played pretty well after all the subs and Daniel Kelly’s goal was almost like a CalMac effort as he steered the ball as opposed to smahing it into the net. Good on you Daniel!
It’s hard to pin-point exactly where we’d lost it this season and how we’ve got it back but CCV, I think, is a huge part of that. Also Yang had a terrific game tonight where Kuhn hasn’t quite set the heather alight. MOR back nearer his true self and AJ much improved too. Crucial we keep this up in order to regain top place in the League and hopefully march on to the Title that PTL has been trying to gift to the new huns.
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That’s more like it: the start of a winnning streak to season end?
Some team was going to get it, and Dundee were the victims tonight,
[although they did score a decent goal,]
And whilst the Dundee team didn’t get out of first gear tonight,
walking away from the stadium after the game,
the “Dundee FC” coach was caught up in the traffic – being towed away!
…and the amused Tims were lining up to get their photos.
Cruel. 🙂
Very, Very Welcome Indeed…
And about bloody time as well –
Absolutely credit where credit is due…
Thank You tonight Brendan and your Celtic players !