Celtic rediscover their thunder to secure Scottish Premiership title in style, writes Tom English.
At the end, as Celtic fans serenaded their champions and Kilmarnock supporters stood and applauded players who have given them so much this season, Brendan Rodgers and his captain Callum McGregor were locked in a hug on the sideline.Or the warm-up to the party, which will take place in earnest at the weekend when Celtic will celebrate in their own place in front of 60,000 of their own people.
Some paper, or flags, caught fire and stewards arrived with extinguishers. Captain Conker, the Killie mascot, looked on as Celtic whooped it up. Matt O’Riley smashed in numbers four and five or numbers 17 and 18 for the season. Bought for £1.5m or thereabouts and still only 23, O’Riley’s capture was not so much a football signing as a football heist, a spectacular piece of business.Kilmarnock have had an outstanding season, but this was a game too far against an opponent who came here with a rage for goals.
The ugly flip side was the chanting of the dismal element among the visiting support. An assault on the ears, a tiresome din.
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