Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers was "very pleased" as he watched his team go 18 points clear atop the Scottish Premiership after a win over Ross County.
The 4-1 scoreline was comfortable in the end but the Highlanders posed big questions with a resilient performance that saw them keep parity after Kyogo's first-half strike was cancelled out by Jordan White's penalty.
Sadly for manager Don Cowie, their defence only held out until Kyogo grabbed his second on 81 minutes with a wonderful flashing header. After that, the floodgates opened with late goals from Arne Engels and Luke McCowan giving the scoreline a more comprehensive sheen.
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And Rodgers was delighted with what he saw once again from his relentless champions.
He said: "I'm very, very pleased. I think the effort the players put in, we should have been more goals in front at half-time, but scored a very, very good goal. And then second half, obviously, we get pegged back.
"The goal comes from us giving the ball away from a throw-in a few minutes earlier. So then we have to find that resilience that I spoke about before the game. And you can see the players, how they kept going. In games like today, you've got to find a way to win.
"Really, really cold day, pitch very bobbly, very bumpy, and you just have to have that mentality to get through the game. And the players showed a fantastic mentality and ended up really good winners in the end."
"You can't wait for the perfect situation. And the weather and the pitch and everything else ensures it's not perfect. But the effort and the mentality of the team to just keep going, keep trying to find a way. Lots of players are out that have been really creative players for us, but we still end up with four goals and play them well on a really, really difficult day."
County boss Don Cowie felt the final score was harsh on his players.
“I’m really frustrated and disappointed for the group – to be level with 10 minutes to go and for the score to finish the way it did was harsh,” he said.
“It was especially harsh on (goalkeeper) Jordan (Amissah) with the way he performed and the way the rest of the group put their bodies on the line and tried to make it as difficult as possible for Celtic.
“I don’t think they deserved that in terms of the effort they put in.”
