Irish Daily Mirror

‘RECORD IS NO EXCUSE TO RELAX’

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Brechin ........... (0) 0 Dumbarton .(0) 1 Dundee Utd ... (1) 2 St Mirren ..... (0) 1 Falkirk ............. (0) 1 Dunfermlin­e. (1) 1 Livingston ..... (0) 0 Inverness .... (0) 0 Morton ............. (1) 1 Qn of South. (1) 2 Albion ............. (1) 3 Alloa ................. (1) 1 Arbroath ........ (0) 1 Raith ................ (1) 1 Stranraer ....... (2) 3 Forfar ........... (1) 4 Airdr’nians .(0) 0 Ayr ................ (1) 4 East Fife ..... (0) 0 Qn’s Park .... (0) 0 Annan Ath ..... (0) 0 Berwick ...... (0) 0 Cowdenbeat­h (0) 1 Montrose ... (2) 3 Edinburgh ....... (1) 1 Stirling ........ (1) 2 Elgin ................ (0) 0 Peterhead .. (1) 2 Stenh’semuir .(1) 1 Clyde ............ (0) 1 Cardiff Met .... (2) 5 Carmarthen(0) 0 Newtown ........ (0) 1 Bangor City.(1) 2 TNS FC ............ (0) 0 Barry Town .(0) 1 BRENDAN RODGERS has told his Celtic players they must be allergic to complacenc­y after they smashed their own 100-year record.

Saturday’s 4-0 victory at St Johnstone doubled as the Hoops’ 63rd consecutiv­e domestic fixture without defeat.

Scott Sinclair (above) and Moussa Dembele struck either side of half-time before Steven Anderson’s own-goal, with Olivier Ntcham wrapping things up for the champions on 89 minutes.

That topped the run enjoyed by Willie Maley’s side exactly a century ago.

Celtic have never lost a domestic fixture under Rodgers and the former Liverpool boss was keen for that to continue.

He said: “It’s something I mentioned when I first came in – we need to be allergic to it and that’s something we have created to the 17th month of working together.

“It’s something we have dedicated our lives to every single day, and that excellence of always looking to be better.”

Second-place Aberdeen are three points adrift after being held to a 2-2 draw at Hamilton but Rangers had little trouble seeing off Partick 3-0 at Ibrox.

In what was Graeme Murty’s second game as stand-in boss, the home side turned in a solid performanc­e to go within three points of second. Gers’ defender Ross Mccrorie, 19, headed in his first goal for the Govan side in the 30th minute and wide-man Daniel Candeias, doubled that lead. Josh Windass added a third.

Kilmarnock won for the first time under new boss Steve Clarke to ease their relegation worries. Adam Frizzell’s late strike earned a 2-1 win at Hearts. Clarke said: “I’m delighted from a selfish point of view.”

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