Livingston 1-3 Celtic | Daizen Maeda & James Forrest Maintain Lead for Celtic! | cinch Premiership

Despite a missed Penalty from Callum McGregor, Goals from Daizen Maeda, James Forrest and a Nicky Devlin own goal esured Celtic stayed top of the league, winning their first game away to Livingston since 2007.

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[hiroka_ch]

Daizen never stop running for the team, his running and devotion lead Celtic to the top🍀

[Ridiculizer]

Delighted for wee Daizen to get his goal, puts some shift in. Also impressed with big Jackie's pressing when he came on and Taylor's heart and desire.

[alfonsmuller]

Congratulations to Celtic the greatest squad in Scotland.
There is little left to obtain the title, with humility and good play the objective can be achieved.
Let's go Celtic!!!
Greetings💪⚽🇩🇪

[greatwhite]

Daizen was almost doing a Kyogo by constantly making sure he got into the right positions & ready to strike should the opportunities arrive & thats whats been great to see this season as players (under Ange's tutelage & instructions) keep pressing up the park & force the opposition to commit which gives other Celtic Player's the chance to make passes that cut open teams sitting too deep...

If we are going to win we are going to do it from the start all the way to the end & im loving the days akin to late great but will never be forgotten Celtic Legend Tommy Burn's attitude of you score one we'll score two as that was always & should be the Celtic way...

As everyone & all the teams in the SPL knows we won't stop until the Referee has blown the whistle & when you match that with player's willing to burst a lung to get up the park while fellow team mates do some great off the ball work by pulling players out of position then your going to see more & more openings that should end with a goal...

Thank God we've got a Celtic Team back thats hungry from the first minute to the last minute & even when its frustrating as those teams sit in deep its great to see the players hold the ball up & bide their time just waiting for that opening & seeing that Ange practically picked a Starting XI that meant most regular first team players were on the bench against Livingston bodes well so that we can sub player's that are like for like & this doesnt see the tempo dropping & this has all been built from scratch on the back of our worst season that saw Celtic Players & our Manager losing the plot, What A Difference...

You can choose to believe this or not but like many when i heard Ange Postecoglou name go in the hat as a potential manager i first thought " Who " & were those in charge of getting a manager in going down the cheap road but the more i heard about this man & the more i researched on him i now thought this is exactly the type of manager Celtic needs at this moment in time as Ange ticked so many boxes but i thought this too huge a task & ask to turn around in one season so lets give the man 2 seasons...

As even any football fan knows the first season is all about clearing out what needs to be moved on & getting in what the Manager wants but even this task was done practically all at the last minute & although i dont want this to happen but if Celtic were to finish 2nd this season i'd still be happy with that as unless we see a complete collapse from this Celtic Team he has literally been one of the best managers to turn the clubs troubles with player's just before the season started & he has brought in players that fit his style of play which takes me back to my initial point & that Celtic have always tried to play attractive attacking football, as thats just Celtics way...

But at times it takes longer for players to click but this team look like they've known each other for year's & i know when & what pass these player's will pick more often than not sees these players see the pass & land on the end of it while being already thinking one step in front to pass it with a through ball that just cuts defences wide open has more often than not has what Celtic has fast become & now were starting to see substitutions that are like for like & the players still on the field of play know that whoever is now coming on will play just exactly like the player that was just subbed & though Ange you could see Ange was constantly tinkering away at the line ups to try & get his style of play to work & now were starting to see fruits of this approch starting to work, though theres still some work to do there to get the best player's on from the start & replaced for like might need a few more players & we definitely need a great defender that can not just shut out any incoming attacks but be able to pass a ball akin to Alan Stubbs as he could launch a ball 50 to 60 feet & it would find the feet of the player he was aiming for...

It was great to see Forrest score a goal & his post celebration was very mute as i think he was just so relieved to get that monkey off his back as not so long ago this was a player who was doing his bit for the team as he was fighting for position & when it was won he was cracking in some amazing goals & i hope we see him go on to score more...

I know he's now 30 but thats a lot of years of experience that Celtic may need to drag the championship title over the line...
If Forrest can play like he used to while chipping in goals he'll definitely feel his run of injuries & back luck put aside & i think thats why he was so subdued in his celebration or lack of as i think he wants to wait until he's scored a few more & with it his confidence will keep growing until he's the Forrest we know he can be...

Well we managed to put another tick on the box by finally beating Livingston at home for the first time since 2007 & long may we now be making headlines that are back to be being positive & if Ange can see this campaign out winner or not, i cant wait to see what hes going to do next seasons as this manager is hungry for winning not just game's but trophies...

In light of this still ongoing coronavirus & its variants stay safe and healthy wherever you are in this world...

" Respect & Peace "

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[laynervixxer]

Didnae know we got ourselves a second stadium 😂

[ajsctech]

Great save from Joe Hart in first half btw, nobody is talking enough about this guy

[TwelveDeck]

The starting line-up had six players from last season. Considering the massive turnover, I just thought that was interesting. Only 8 to go. 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[glasgowceltic]

Cant beleve how fast these new players have settled in amazing really usually takes time good on you ange eddie howe could have never done the job you have 👏👍

[ostreaedulis]

what a thrilling football played by this Celtic team !
A joy to watch the team, the stadium, the supporters, and this beautiful jersey !
Please don't change anything .
From a french fan.

[johndoyle]

I was delighted i tuned into this game, Celtic were first class especially in hunting down the opposition when they were in possession of the ball, worthy winners of the game

[neilsmith]

That's the most outnumbered home crowd I've ever seen. Great support for the Celts. Keep her lit, bhoys!

[greg]

good old ralston keeping his head down when the ref got the corner decision wrong

[glasgowceltic]

Thought it was hard to get the ball of aribo but rogic is on that other level

[doe]

hope celtic win league scotland. greetings fans from indonesian🙌

[Omarhoussni]

A letter of thanks from the fans of Raja💚💚 and a greeting to the Scottish club Celtic💚💚🍀🍀, a wonderful audience and not daring to raise the Palestinian flag, your beloved from Morocco

[timmalloy]

Gaffer has to take a lot of credit for today. Questionable starting 11 and then they go on and have that performance. Fans were great today as well. 1pt at Ibrox and we’re laughing bhoys ✅

[phm]

So refreshing to watch that without commentators - andy walker and ian crocker are absolutely brutal, suffocate and smother the atmosphere, and drag the scottish game down - sky sports an absolute cancer in scottish football

[MGGC]

Forrest didn't even look back. He just knew it went in 😎🔥

[ThatOneGuy]

Good to see maeda is starting to get used to our playstyle

[bigali]

There’s a belief and determination about Celtic now that will be unstoppable during the run in 🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🇯🇵🇦🇺🤘