Summary

  • Weah concludes flowing Celtic move to seal points

  • Forrest jabs in Weah cross to score, then limps off with hamstring injury

  • Ajer dismissed after receiving second yellow card as Celtic finish with nine

  • St Johnstone's Clark makes series of fine saves

  • Substitute Edouard off injured within eight minutes

  • Toljan on for Lustig at break to make Celtic debut

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  1. 'Alert' Forrest the spark for Celticpublished at 14:06

    St Johnstone 0-1 Celtic

    Pat Bonner
    Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

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    Really alert from James Forrest. Lovely ball dinked across the face of goal. He really shouldn't be getting there, but Tanser hesitates at the back post

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    GOAL St Johnstone 0-1 Celticpublished at 77 mins

    James Forrest

    It's been coming. Celtic finally break St Johnstone's - and Zander Clark's - resistance with the opening goal.

    Substitute Timothy Weah whips in an excellent cross and James Forrest gets in ahead of Scott Tanser to steer the ball home beyond the helpless Clark.

  3. 'Backs to the wall' for hostspublished at 14:02

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Willie Miller
    Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio Scotland

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    It's backs to the wall by St Johnstone and it's been all instinctive, both in terms of saves and clearances. They are standing up to incessant pressure so far

  4. Who is impressing in Perth?published at 14:01

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    raterImage source, bbc

    Who is impressing? And who isn't? Rate the players here

  5. Enforced Celtic changepublished at 74 mins

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Celtic substitute Odsonne Edouard, on the pitch for about five minutes, is injured and replaced by Timothy Weah.

  6. 'Penalty shout?'published at 14:00

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Pat Bonner
    Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

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    Was there a shout for a penalty on Ryan Christie before Zander Clark makes another unbelievable save?

  7. Clark breaking Celtic heartspublished at 13:59

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Alasdair Lamont
    BBC Sport Scotland at McDiarmid Park

    Celtic are spending more and more time in and around the St Johnstone penalty area and it’s really only the ability of Zander Clark that’s preserving the Saints clean sheet now. The question is whether the home side can continue to keep the champions out for another 20 minutes.

  8. CLOSE!published at 70 mins

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Somehow, St Johnstone's goal remains intact. Clark blocks Sinclair's close-range effort before Shaughnessy hammers clear as Edouard looks to force the ball home.

  9. 'Clark sticks out a big right hand'published at 13:55

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Pat Bonner
    Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

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    I thought Clark was beaten there but, wow, he sticks out a big right hand again.

  10. GREAT SAVE!published at 67 mins

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    This game is fast becoming a Zander Clark showreel.

    The St Johnstone keeper denies Jozo Simunovic and then substitute Odsonne Edouard.

    Celtic then come within whisker of breaking the deadlock as Ryan Christie sees his shot fly inches wide.

    The visitors are carpet-bombing St Johnstone's goal but Zander Clark is proving equal to the task.

  11. GREAT SAVE!published at 64 mins

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    It's that man Zander Clark again. The bearded Ninja displays incredible reflexes to deny Oliver Burke, and Ryan Christie's header from the rebound lacks power and direction.

    It's Burke's last efforts, as the winger is replaced by Odsonne Edouard.

  12. Saints changepublished at 64 mins

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Tommy Wright shuffles his St Johnstone pack: David Wotherspoon replaces Danny Swanson.

  13. Hosts 'well-organised'published at 13:49

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Willie Miller
    Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio Scotland

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    There's not a lot of space for Celtic to take advantage of. St Johnstone are well-organised and are defending well

  14. Clark of the courtpublished at 61 mins

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    St Johnstone keeper Zander Clark is saving anything and everything in front of him. The visitors appear to be lacking a traditional number 9 in the middle of the box to act as the focal point for their attacks.

  15. Huffing & puffing...published at 57 mins

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    The hosts appear to have have weathered the Celtic storm and are beginning to show greater attacking intent in the second half.

  16. Toljan passes the eye testpublished at 13:41

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Willie Miller
    Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio Scotland

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    Toljan has made an immediate impact and Celtic fans will not be used to seeing a right-back get to the bye-line

  17. 'Incredible' miss by Wattpublished at 13:41

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Willie Miller
    Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio Scotland

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    For some reason, Tony Watt doesn't manage to make any contact. That's incredible. He just took his eye off it, but he's got to score

  18. Watt happened there?published at 52 mins

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    St Johnstone should be in front. Matty Kennedy whips in a superb cross, Tony Watt is rising to head home at the back post... but the striker fails to connect, taking his eye off the ball at the last second.

    Wild-eyed expressions all around.

  19. 'Wonderful save' denies Celtic opening goalpublished at 13:37

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Pat Bonner
    Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

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    That could easily have been a goal but it was a wonderful, wonderful save

  20. GREAT SAVE!published at 48 mins

    St Johnstone 0-0 Celtic

    Zander Clark denies Oliver Burke with a brilliant, instinctive save to push away the winger's fierce drive. Great work by debutant Jeremy Toljan who finds Burke with a cutback but the St Johnstone keeper produces a fine save.