Incredible late drama for Ange's Celtic

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Celtic person taken 3 points successful the most-dramatic circumstances, allowing a stoppage clip equaliser earlier re-taking the pb successful the last seconds.

The Bhoys desperately needed a affirmative effect after their disappointing decision distant to RB Leipzig mid-week, and for much than 90 minutes, it appeared they'd travel distant with an disfigured win.

An ain extremity from St Johnstone's Andrew Considine looked to beryllium capable to unafraid a 1-0 win, but the location broadside had different ideas.

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As the seconds ticked distant successful stoppage time, a escaped footwear wasn't cleared and young defender Alex Mitchell swept location from adjacent range.

It looked to beryllium the second-consecutive distant league lucifer that Celtic would driblet points in, after losing to St Mirren past month

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The shot broke kindly to James McCarthy successful the near corner, his walk recovered fullback Alexandro Bernabei, and the ensuing transverse was brilliant, giving Giorgos Giakoumakis a pat successful from adjacent range.

The Greek striker was booked arsenic helium ran into the stands to clasp fans, but that volition hardly substance to him - the triumph means that Celtic enactment outright archetypal connected the Scottish Premier League ladder, 2 points up of arch-rivals Rangers.

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"It's a crippled we astir apt should person enactment to furniture a small earlier with the chances we had," Ange Postecoglou told reporters afterwards.

"They evidently got the extremity precocious but, again, large quality and resilience by the lads. We did that a fewer times past twelvemonth and we are going to person to amusement that again this year.

"You tin triumph a crippled of shot galore ways but winning it this mode besides provides immoderate assurance successful the information that we inactive person that quality and resilience successful the group."

Postecoglou's squad volition person to rapidly enactment past week's Champions League heartbreak down them erstwhile they invited Leipzig to Glasgow for the instrumentality fixture connected Wednesday greeting Australian time.

A nonaccomplishment surely spells an extremity to immoderate hopes of reaching the knockout stage.

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