Neil Lennon 's side drop just two more points and the Ibrox men keep winning. While Celtic 's stand-in manager Gavin Strachan refused to throw in the towel after the 0-0 draw with Livingston, it's clearly a question of when not if the Light Blues win the title.
Steven Gerrard's side can extend the gap to 23 points if they win at Motherwell on Sunday and even with three games in hand there's surely no way back for the reigning champions.
It doesn't look like a title race that's going to go to the wire and that will be perhaps the most galling thing for Celtic fans who started the season dreaming of 10 In A Row.On the other side of the city the calculators will be out seeing when the coronation will take place after a long wait for the league.
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