Hibernian 0-4 Celtic: Scottish Premiership leaders win 12th straight match

Celtic will enter into next week’s “display” Old Firm derby on a run of 12 straight Scottish Premiership wins after thumping Hibernian at Easter Road.

Ange Postecoglou’s side stay 9 points clear of competitors Rangers, who they check out on Monday in a possibly essential 2nd derby of the season.

“We understand it’s a considerable video game,” he informed BBC Scotland. “A considerable video game for our advocates and our league.

“It’s a display video game. They are 2nd and we’re. There’s all of those components, however I can ensure you we put in the very same preparation for each video game and we’ll be all set for it.

“It’s constantly hard however these are the video games you wish to be associated with and we’re sharing some good type.”

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After a number of narrow wins on their return from the World Cup break, Postecoglou calmly put down the onslaught to his gamers after the win versus Livingston, mentioning his aggravation at their play in the last 3rd.

After putting 4 previous St Johnstone at the weekend, they upped their levels once again at Easter Road after a quick opening 10 minutes from Hibs.

Mooy arrowed a low shot past David Marshall after Maeda’s cross was deflected into his course, and the Japanese winger missed out on a simple header prior to instantly reacting with a sensational strike from 20 backyards.

That summarized Celtic’s relentlessness, and Greg Taylor’s fantastic defence-splitting pass set Maeda complimentary once again right before the hour, and when Abada gotten in touch with his cross the ball flew off the hand of Hibs’ Lewis Stevenson.

Mooy calmly rolled in the charge for his 2nd objective, and 8 minutes later on Reo Hatate – playing out of position at right-back – selected Kyogo with a defence-splitting pass.

The league’s leading scorer remained calm to take the ball inside Rocky Bushiri prior to discovering the bottom corner for his 14th objective of the season.

Hibs began rapidly and had Chris Cadden’s second-minute objective eliminated for offside, in addition to Paul Hanlon’s effort off a post at 2-0, however they might not sustain any difficulty as Celtic overwhelmed them for the 2nd time this season.

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Celtic’s sluggish start to the season’s resumption – by their own requirements – provided a sense of wish for the remainder of the league. The last 2 efficiencies reveal it was really worrying that no side might capture them out when not at their finest.

They were absolutely ruthless at Easter Road after weathering a strong start from Hibs, with Maeda the driver for the excess of opportunities to follow as he established the very first objective prior to blasting in a 2nd.

Perhaps what was most outstanding was their work-rate off the ball. The gamers have actually plainly reacted to their supervisor’s rallying cry, as their counter-pressing made life difficult for Hibs, who wound up frantically attempting to stem wave after wave of attack.

Even at Ibrox, Celtic in this kind will be favourites to win Monday’s Old Firm derby. If they do, a 12-point lead will undoubtedly signify the title is remaining in the east end of Glasgow.

When it comes to Hibs, Lee Johnson requested for a more powerful mindset from his side than they displayed in the 6-1 defeat at Celtic Park. He definitely got it as they came out highly, however eventually caught their visitors’ quality.

A lot of groups in the leading flight simply do not have the quality on the ball required to make it through Celtic’s press, and it showed the case as soon as again.

Johnson still has numerous skeptics to win over, however it would be severe to be over-critical of this efficiency. What Hibs truly require is a persuading screen, and great outcome, at Tynecastle on Monday.

Anything less, and their present run of type will loom big again.

What they stated

Hibernian supervisor Lee Johnson: “We truly took the video game to Celtic in the very first 15 minutes. The 2nd 15 minutes, they owned, bossed it on the ball. That’s my criticism. Could we have used more pressure?

“Against a side of that quality, we’re simply not there. I ‘d like us to have actually been turned on more for a number of the objectives however we had opportunities and counter-attacked well.”

Celtic supervisor Ange Postecoglou: “We sensed Hibs would come at us and the very first 10 minutes was a genuine video game. We simply remained actually strong and ultimately we used them down.

“I believe one part of this group that is undervalued is physical fitness. I believe we’re the fittest group in the competitors. The gamers strive every day and we wish to bring that to every video game.”

What’s next?

Both sides deal with journeys to face their city competitors on Monday, with Celtic at Ibrox to play Rangers (12:30) and later Hibs deal with Edinburgh enemies Hearts at Tynecastle (15:00).