Celtic came out as 2-1 winner in their Premiership match with Motherwell at Fir Park.
Kyogo Furuhashi opened the scoring inside the first quarter when home midfielder Callum Slattery's dithered on the ball and allowed Matt O'Riley to play a square ball across the box. It could have been so different had Steelman Kevin Van Veen converted upon rounding Hoops goalkeeper Joe Hart in the opening few minutes but his shot only found the post.
It wasn't Ange Postecoglou's side at their scintillating best but they did have it in the net again when Jota notched past Liam Kelly, but the offside flag cut that off. Giorgos Giakoumakis should have put it out of sight but Daizen Maeda looked to have made sure of the points before a goal from Ross Tierney halved the deficit instantly. Here are three things we learned from the Celtic performance as they remain seven points clear at the top.
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Carter-Vickers key
He's set to jet off to Qatar with the USA and it is clear to see why.
In the absence of skipper Callum McGregor, deputy Cameron Carter-Vickers is integral.
He didn't even get out of first gear here and still looked like one of the game's classiest players.
Super subs
The impact from the bench here was clear. With fresh legs, David Turnbull was able to unlock his former side's defence with one lobbed pass.
Then Daizen Maeda burst away to net the all-important win. Strength in depth is so important.
Never stopping
That mantra has held Ange Postecoglou's side in fine esteem during his reign and even though they weren't at their best here, this never looked in doubt.
Motherwell came back into things in the second half but there lack of ability to get forward was largely down to their visitors looking so menacing on a potential counter.
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