Dubliner Killian Phillips made his debut for St Mirren but Brendan Rodgers’ side cruised to a 3-0 win.
CELTIC’S IMPRESSIVE START to the season continued apace with a comprehensive 3-0 Scottish Premiership win over St Mirren in Paisley.
Brendan Rodgers’ side have won all four games this season – scoring 12 and conceding just one – and should go into next Sunday’s Old Firm game against Rangers at Parkhead with supreme confidence. Advertisement Jonah Ayunga, Jaden Brown, captain Mark O’Hara and Richard Taylor also started with Roland Idowu, Mikael Mandron, Oisin Smyth, Scott Tanser and Fraser Taylor dropping to the bench.
In the 14th minute Balcombe made saves from Hatate and then Idah following a fine move from the Parkhead side.St Mirren's Killian Phillips and Celtic's Daizen Maeda battle for the ball. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo There was another VAR check when Maeda when down in the area following a tackle by Shaun Rooney, but again no penalty was awarded.
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