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Match report as Celtic regained their nine-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership with victory over Livingston; Ayo Obileyes own goal and a team ...

I knew that was of their strongest points and we worked on it in the middle of the week. We had a 10-15 minute period after the second period, then Ange and I make a few changes and we can't get back in the game. "I was really proud of the boys, they stuck to the game plan. People talk about parking the bus but we were always in it. In the low block, you have to have discipline and the boys had that. I'm not going to keep banging on about VAR and the intrusions in the game. "Hopefully Ralston is not too bad, he was in the wars to be fair. We had a wee opportunity in the game and they were making bad mistakes so we could get higher up the park. "We need to be better in the box, they were quality opportunities. There were a couple of times he could have got on the end of things. "The performance wasn't our best to be fair," he said. Livingston were looking to hang on, Celtic cut them open for a second as the clock ticked into first-half stoppage time.

Kyogo Furuhashi scored the winner as Celtic defeated Livingston 2-1 on Wednesday to restore their nine-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

[The Japan striker](https://www.besoccer.com/player/k-furuhashi-365230) was on target at the end of the first half after the champions had taken the lead at Parkhead through an own goal from Ayo Obileye. [Celtic](https://www.besoccer.com/team/celtic-fc) dominated the first half but were less fluent after the interval, although Liel Abada, who set up both their goals, had a goal disallowed after a lengthy VAR review. Both Abada and Sead Haksabanovic then missed half-chances, but there were no late scares for Celtic as they extended their lead over arch-rivals Rangers at the top of the table.

Postecoglou's side dominated the performances at Parkhead with an own goal from Ayo Obileye and an excellent team goal finished off by Kyogo putting them in ...

But Celtic have taken all three points and I can.” I’m not complaining about it.” “I was very proud of the guys, they stuck to the game plan. We had a 10-15 minute period after the second period, then Ange and I made some changes and we can’t get back in the game. I knew that this was one of their strongest points and we worked on it in the middle of the week. “Hopefully Ralston isn’t too bad, he’s been in the wars to be fair. There were a couple of times where he could have gone to the end of things.” [y](https://nnn.ng/videodownload/youtube-downloader/) with aspects of his team’s “unacceptable” attack despite restoring a nine-point lead in the Scottish Premiership by beating Livingston 2–1. “We need to be better in the box, they were quality chances. Livingston looking to hold, Celtic opened them up by a second as the clock ticked off first half stoppage time. Celtic went for more as Abada slid past Kyogo, but Konovalov ran off his line to deny it from close range. We’re constantly working on that, so the players know they need to be in that area.” “The acting wasn’t the best to be fair,” he said.

Celtic's Joe Hart insists there is no chance he will lose focus during one-sided games as being a goalkeeper is a “way of life”.

“I was just trying to see it because there were a lot of bodies in the box,” he said. “We would have liked to have scored a few more but football is not set up for us to necessarily smash people all the time. “I obviously want to be there for those moments and try and save them, but Livi stayed dogged and stayed in the game and took their chance when it came.