How Celtic won the Premiership title for a fifth season in a row
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Reigning Premiership champions Celtic opened the defence of their title with a home match against Ross County and the previous season's Scottish player of the year Stefan Johansen scored in a 2-0 win for the hosts
After dropping two points from their opening six games, Celtic suffered their first league defeat at Pittodrie - Aberdeen coming from behind to win 2-1 despite having a man sent off
By the time the top two met again in late October, Celtic had reached the summit and a Leigh Griffiths-inspired 3-1 win put them six points clear
Though Celtic struggled in their Europa League campaign, they kept winning in the league with the goals of Griffiths (left) crucial
The leaders stuttered in December, though, with Louis Moult scoring twice as Motherwell came from behind to win at Celtic Park before Hearts held Ronny Deila's side to a draw
The highlight of four league wins out of four in January was the 8-1 home triumph against Hamilton Academical, Griffiths netting a hat-trick
However, League Cup semi-final defeat by Ross County was followed by another league loss at Pittodrie as Aberdeen won 2-1 to move to within three points of Celtic
The Dons stayed in touch with Celtic and a 0-0 draw at home to Dundee did not help Deila's cause
However, Tom Rogic's stunning late goal at Kilmarnock kept Celtic's season on track as Aberdeen's challenge faltered with defeat by Motherwell later in the day
Days after his side were knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Rangers, Celtic manager Deila announced he would be leaving at the end of the season
That man Griffiths scored again as Celtic won at Hearts to all but seal the title
On-loan Manchester City winger Patrick Roberts netted twice as Celtic beat Aberdeen 3-2 to finally clinch the Premiership title
After beating the Dons, the Celtic players celebrated in front of their fans and will be presented with the Premiership trophy after their final home match of the season against Motherwell