Livingston swept aside as Celtic seal comfortable win at Tony Macaroni Arena
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic strengthened their grip at the top of the table with a comfortable 3-0 away win over Livingston.The Hoops were simply too good for David Martindale's side, who went into the clash off the back of a spirited draw at Ibrox the previous week.But they were unable to get a share of the spoils this afternoon as a 10th minute goal from Kyogo Furuhashi was added to in the second-half by Greg Taylor's long-distance strike before Jota completed the scoring four minutes from time.Livingston boss David Martindale made three changes to the starting line-up from last week's draw at Ibrox - most notably a debut for goalkeeper Jack Hamilton with no.1 Shamal George ruled out through injury.Jackson Longridge and James Penrice were both recalled at the expense of Cristian Montano and Andrew Shinnie while it was a milestone 100th Lions appearance for Jason Holt.The hosts will no doubt have been looking to keep things tight early on but Celtic had other ideas as Furuhashi blasted home on nine minutes.
The Japanese attacker beat Hamilton high at his near post after latching on to a terrific ball from Taylor.Livi had moments earlier fashioned their first chance of the contest but Joel Nouble could only direct his strike from a Stephen Kelly whipped free-kick directly at Joe Hart.Celtic were being afforded far too much time on the ball and Furuhashi was once again played in behind the backline midway through the first-half but could only poke wide under pressure from Jack Fitzwater.
James Forrest was next to go close for the Hoops but he dragged his effort inches past the left-hand post after neat build-up play.The away side continued to dominate, as expected, with Aaron Mooy's strike being fizzed wide as they looked to add to their
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