Celtics still need two victories to secure the Scottish Title of the Premiership after suffering a shock 1-0 defeat at the rock-bott st Johnstone.
Daniels Balodis stunned the selected champions with a fourth minute head from a delicious delivery of a free kick by Graham Carey to inflict only the fourth loss in the League on the Brendan Rodgers side.
Rangers’ defeat of 2-0 at home in Hibernian on Saturday left Celtics knowing that he could wrap the title at Kilmarnock’s home next weekend before they fastened that they had beat St Johnstone – but failed to achieve the third time in the league this season.
St. Johnstone’s goalkeeper Andy Fisher was top notch in holding the Celtics, while Stephen Duke-Mckenna made a key interception to prevent Nicolas Kuhn to equalize in the first half.
Daizen Maeda Fisher denied from a solid angle after running into a loose pass for his back in the initial period, although the Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo had to save from shooting at Curling Duke-Mckenn.
Rodgers brought Hyun-Jun Yang and Greg Taylor at halftime, which helped visitors dominate the second period.
Reo Hatate rejected the effort on the left before he was crying when he was well positioned in the box before Fisher had lately entered the center stage.
The goalkeeper made a brilliant, widespread savings to his right to be replaced by James Forrest Mec, and then denied Luke McCowan at the time of the injury.
St Johnstone is now six points of security, while Celtic remains 13 points from the Rangers.
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2025-04-06 12:50:00
