Aberdeen 0-1 Celtic: Callum McGregor scores late winner for champions

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Celtic’s Callum McGregor scores to marque it 1-0

Returning skipper Callum McGregor scored a fantastic precocious victor arsenic Celtic yet broke down a stubborn Aberdeen broadside to reconstruct their nine-point pb successful the Scottish Premiership.

McGregor - who was making his comeback aft 2 months retired with a genu wounded - lashed into nett from 20 yards with 3 minutes of the 90 left.

It was Celtic's 33rd changeable astatine Pittodrie arsenic they yet wore down Aberdeen's heavy antiaircraft block, which yet proved fruitless arsenic they ended the lucifer with 2 efforts connected goal.

Ange Postecoglou's Celtic determination backmost 9 wide of Rangers, portion Aberdeen volition extremity the time successful 3rd spot owed to postponements elsewhere.

It was fitting for Celtic that their lynchpin McGregor grabbed the important goal, having been retired since aboriginal October, but it was conscionable the latest illustration of the champions uncovering thing astatine the death.

Ross County, St Johnstone, Motherwell, and Dundee United person each been downed successful the dying moments of games truthful acold this term, and McGregor's debased changeable into the bottommost country added Aberdeen to the list.

And portion it took until the 87th minute, successful information Celtic should person had the crippled sewn up agelong before. Kyogo Furuhashi had the champion accidental of the lot, but someway side-footed Liel Abada's transverse wide from a fewer yards out.

Aberdeen goalkeeper Kelle Roos denied Abada, Reo Hatate, Jota, and others arsenic the location broadside went adjacent to clinging connected to a invaluable point.

But the information they didn't throws into question their antiaircraft approach, arsenic they hardly completed 100 passes successful the crippled and mustered 2 attempts connected goal, some of which were good disconnected target.

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Aberdeen

Squad number24Player nameRoos
Squad number2Player nameMcCrorie
Squad number5Player nameStewart
Squad number3Player nameMacKenzie
Squad number33Player nameKennedy
Squad number8Player nameBarron
Squad number16Player nameRamadani
Squad number20Player nameClarkson
Squad number22Player nameCoulson
Squad number9Player nameMiovski
Squad number11Player nameDuk

Squad number7Player nameMorris
Squad number17Player nameHayes
Squad number23Player nameDuncan

Celtic

Squad number1Player nameHart
Squad number56Player nameRalston
Squad number20Player nameCarter-Vickers
Squad number4Player nameStarfelt
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
Squad number33Player nameO'Riley
Squad number41Player nameHatate
Squad number38Player nameMaeda
Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
Squad number17Player nameJota

Squad number7Player nameGiakoumakis
Squad number11Player nameAbada
Squad number13Player nameMooy
Squad number14Player nameTurnbull
Squad number49Player nameForrest

Line-ups

Aberdeen

Formation 3-5-2

24Roos
2McCrorie
5StewartSubstituted forMorrisat 90+3'minutes
3MacKenzie
33Kennedy
8Barron
16Ramadani
20ClarksonBooked astatine 66minsSubstituted forDuncanat 76'minutes
22Coulson
9MiovskiSubstituted forHayesat 73'minutes
11de Barros Lopes

Substitutes

1Lewis
7Morris
10Besuijen
17Hayes
23Duncan
25Richardson
36Bavidge
46Marshall
99Ramírez

Celtic

Formation 4-3-3

1Hart
56Ralston
20Carter-Vickers
4Starfelt
3Taylor
42McGregor
33O'RileySubstituted forMooyat 90'minutes
41HatateSubstituted forTurnbullat 72'minutes
38MaedaSubstituted forAbadaat 45'minutes
8FuruhashiSubstituted forGiakoumakisat 72'minutes
17Neves FilipeSubstituted forForrestat 73'minutes

Substitutes

6Jenz
7Giakoumakis
11Abada
13Mooy
14Turnbull
25Bernabei
31Siegrist
49Forrest
50Lawal

Referee:Steven McLean

Attendance:15,567

Live Text

Match ends, Aberdeen 0, Celtic 1.
Second Half ends, Aberdeen 0, Celtic 1.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Jack MacKenzie.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Shayden Morris replaces Anthony Stewart.
Attempt missed. Ross McCrorie (Aberdeen) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high. Assisted by Duk.
Substitution, Celtic. Aaron Mooy replaces Matt O'Riley.
Goal! Aberdeen 0, Celtic 1. Callum McGregor (Celtic) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container to the bottommost close corner. Assisted by James Forrest.
Attempt blocked. James Forrest (Celtic) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Callum McGregor.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Kelle Roos.
Attempt saved. Liel Abada (Celtic) close footed changeable from a hard space connected the close is saved successful the apical close corner. Assisted by David Turnbull.
Attempt missed. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) header from the centre of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Matt O'Riley.
Attempt saved. David Turnbull (Celtic) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the six gait container is saved successful the apical close corner. Assisted by Giorgos Giakoumakis.
Attempt missed. Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic) header from the centre of the container misses to the right.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Ryan Duncan replaces Leighton Clarkson.
Foul by David Turnbull (Celtic).
Matthew Kennedy (Aberdeen) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Jonny Hayes replaces Bojan Miovski due to the fact that of an injury.
Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Jota.
Substitution, Celtic. Giorgos Giakoumakis replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
Substitution, Celtic. David Turnbull replaces Reo Hatate.

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