Dundee United 0-2 Celtic: Visitors break down hosts' resistance to restore nine-point lead

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Jota heads Celtic's opening   goalJota headed successful Aaron Mooy's heavy transverse to unfastened the scoring

Celtic restored their nine-point pb astatine the apical of the Scottish Premiership arsenic they crushed down Dundee United's stubborn absorption aft the break.

The Glasgow broadside recorded their biggest-ever distant league triumph with a 9-0 thumping of United connected their past sojourn to Tannadice successful August.

A much resilient United held retired until Jota headed location an Aaron Mooy cross.

Five minutes later, Mooy slotted location a spot footwear aft Jota's flick struck Kieran Freeman's hand.

Celtic's 5th crippled successful a enactment without conceding means they person scored 18 times and mislaid conscionable 1 extremity successful their latest 5 visits to Tannadice.

It leaves United successful 3rd bottommost spot connected extremity difference, tied connected points with Motherwell, Ross County and Kilmarnock, and without a triumph against Celtic successful 19 games since a 2-1 triumph astatine Tannadice successful December 2014.

Both managers agreed pre-match that United are a antithetic beast since that August humiliation.

Not surprisingly, though, Mark Birighitti was the busier goalkeeper, the Australian being fortunate not spot a clearance charged down by Kyogo Furuhashi nestling down him earlier blocking astatine the Japanese striker's feet aft besides redeeming debased from a Jota drive.

Craig Sibbald blocked from midfield counterpart Mooy successful beforehand of the United extremity earlier Birighitti bravely punched wide disconnected the caput of Kyogo lone to spot referee Don Robertson constituent to the punishment spot aft the striker was caught by the goalkeeper's travel through.

Whether VAR decided determination was nary foul, oregon a Celtic subordinate had been offside, Robertson was instructed to person a cheque connected the surface and reversed his decision.

However, determination was nary reprieve soon aft fractional clip erstwhile Birighitti appeared to suffer his bearings arsenic Mooy launched a heavy transverse and Jota headed successful precisely from a hard angle.

Celtic ensured the triumph soon aft arsenic Freeman stuck retired a manus and Mooy was fixed the accidental from the punishment spot to slot his 3rd extremity successful 2 games arsenic the visitors could comfortably spend a close-range miss from Daizen Maeda successful the dying seconds.

Player of the lucifer - Jota (Celtic)

Celtic's Aaron Mooy and Jota celebrateAaron Mooy acceptable up the opener and scored the second, but Jota did the reverse, with the winger a changeless menace to United's defence

More to follow.

What's next?

United sojourn relegation rivals Kilmarnock arsenic Celtic big in-form Livingston connected Wednesay (both 19:45 GMT).

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Dundee United

  1. Squad number1Player nameBirighitti

  2. Squad number22Player nameFreeman

  3. Squad number2Player nameSmith

  4. Squad number12Player nameEdwards

  5. Squad number3Player nameMcMann

  6. Squad number16Player nameBehich

  7. Squad number23Player nameHarkes

  8. Squad number14Player nameSibbald

  9. Squad number19Player nameLevitt

  10. Squad number9Player nameFletcher

  11. Squad number15Player nameMiddleton

  1. Squad number8Player namePawlett

  2. Squad number10Player nameDjoum

  3. Squad number18Player nameMcGrath

  4. Squad number44Player nameMacleod

Celtic

  1. Squad number1Player nameHart

  2. Squad number2Player nameJohnston

  3. Squad number20Player nameCarter-Vickers

  4. Squad number4Player nameStarfelt

  5. Squad number3Player nameTaylor

  6. Squad number13Player nameMooy

  7. Squad number42Player nameMcGregor

  8. Squad number41Player nameHatate

  9. Squad number11Player nameAbada

  10. Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi

  11. Squad number17Player nameJota

  1. Squad number9Player nameHaksabanovic

  2. Squad number14Player nameTurnbull

  3. Squad number19Player nameOh

  4. Squad number33Player nameO'Riley

  5. Squad number38Player nameMaeda

Line-ups

Dundee Utd

Formation 5-3-2

  • 1Birighitti
  • 22FreemanBooked astatine 51mins
  • 2Smith
  • 12Edwards
  • 3McMann
  • 16Behich
  • 23HarkesSubstituted forMcGrathat 60'minutesBooked astatine 84mins
  • 14Sibbald
  • 19LevittSubstituted forDjoumat 74'minutes
  • 9FletcherSubstituted forMacleodat 74'minutes
  • 15MiddletonSubstituted forPawlettat 74'minutes

Substitutes

  • 4Mulgrew
  • 6Graham
  • 7Niskanen
  • 8Pawlett
  • 10Djoum
  • 18McGrath
  • 28Anim Cudjoe
  • 31Newman
  • 44Macleod

Celtic

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Hart
  • 2Johnston
  • 20Carter-Vickers
  • 4Starfelt
  • 3Taylor
  • 13MooySubstituted forTurnbullat 67'minutes
  • 42McGregor
  • 41HatateSubstituted forO'Rileyat 67'minutes
  • 11AbadaSubstituted forHaksabanovicat 82'minutes
  • 8FuruhashiSubstituted forOhat 82'minutes
  • 17Neves FilipeSubstituted forMaedaat 67'minutes

Substitutes

  • 9Haksabanovic
  • 14Turnbull
  • 18Kobayashi
  • 19Oh
  • 24Iwata
  • 29Bain
  • 33O'Riley
  • 38Maeda
  • 49Forrest

Referee:Don Robertson

Attendance:12,448

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Dundee United 0, Celtic 2.

  2. Second Half ends, Dundee United 0, Celtic 2.

  3. Attempt missed. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) header from precise adjacent scope is precocious and wide to the left. Assisted by Hyeon-Gyu Oh with a cross.

  4. Offside, Dundee United. Scott McMann tries a done ball, but Craig Sibbald is caught offside.

  5. Alistair Johnston (Celtic) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  6. Foul by Jamie McGrath (Dundee United).

  7. Attempt missed. Kieran Freeman (Dundee United) near footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the left.

  8. Foul by Hyeon-Gyu Oh (Celtic).

  9. Scott McMann (Dundee United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  10. Foul by Sead Haksabanovic (Celtic).

  11. Scott McMann (Dundee United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  12. Jamie McGrath (Dundee United) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.

  13. Hyeon-Gyu Oh (Celtic) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

  14. Foul by Jamie McGrath (Dundee United).

  15. Foul by David Turnbull (Celtic).

  16. Craig Sibbald (Dundee United) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.

  17. Substitution, Celtic. Hyeon-Gyu Oh replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.

  18. Substitution, Celtic. Sead Haksabanovic replaces Liel Abada.

  19. Foul by Matt O'Riley (Celtic).

  20. Aziz Behich (Dundee United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.

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