Glasgow Times

Our Celtic legend on all the action from Parkhead

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CELTIC can’t stop scoring goals right now, which means they can’t be stopped from winning the league if their rich form continues.

I always said in this column that once the team clicked – and that was always going to happen sooner rather than later – they would begin to stretch away from the rest and show the difference in class.

I strongly fancy Celtic to beat Hearts this weekend, which would take us to within a point of the Jambos, and after that they will get back to the top soon enough.

It’s impossible not to admire their resilience. Beaten in Leipzig, they put three goals past Hearts at Murrayfiel­d three days later to reach the Betfred Cup final, and then it was five going on quite a few more up at Dundee on Wednesday night.

They played some sensationa­l football in midweek. It was a joy to watch.

I really enjoyed watching the clever and quick movement which flowed throughout the team, with big Tom Rogic in wonderful form, and when Celtic play like that then no Scottish team can live with them.

They have been creating chances from the start of the season, but there’s something different now... they are taking these chances.

The tempo Celtic have played at over the last six games or so – and Brendan Rodgers himself has mentioned this – has been a big part of why a team which had been struggling to score are not getting four, five and six in the league.

From the middle of the park to up front, players are looking to get on the ball and then have a shot, which was another aspect

missing from earlier in the season. Rogic is a lovely player. What a goal he scored against Dundee, a really special strike from a talented lad, and after that he had the run of the park.

It must be said that Dundee were poor. The next Premiershi­p match is going to be a different test altogether.

Craig Levein will bring his side to Glasgow with a plan of not losing the game.

What happened in the second half last Sunday will be fresh in his mind.

Levein can be a cautious manager and I can see this game being a case of Hearts sitting in, looking to play on the break, and Celtic having to find a way of breaking through a well-organised defence,

Again, if this game had taken place a few months ago then Celtic would struggle.

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