CELTIC MAN BY MAN
CRAIG GORDON
7 Spilled a routine shot from Sofiane Hanni early in the second half, but made people forget about that with a superb onehanded stop from Pieter Gerkens.
MIKAEL LUSTIG
7 Celtic were guilty of slack passing early on with the fullback one of the worst offenders. Sound defensively and improved his distribution as game went on.
DEDRYCK BOYATA
8 Was turned a little easily for Hanni’s chance just after Celtic scored, but that was the one blemish on an otherwise confident performance. You’d never have been able to tell he never played this season prior to last midweek.
JOZO SIMUNOVIC
9 Composed in possession and always seemed to be in the right place to try and snuff out the danger when Anderlecht attacked. The defence was rock solid and Simunovic excelled as their leader.
KIERAN TIERNEY
8 Asked to play more cautiously than normal. Defended superbly and still got forward to put in an excellent cross for the opening goal.
SCOTT BROWN
7 His composure on the ball helped settle down Celtic after a nervy opening 30 minutes from the visitors. Went down with a hamstring injury and replaced.
OLIVIER NTCHAM
7 Sloppy in possession throughout most of first half but made up for it with a killer pass through for Kieran Tierney in the build-up to the opener. Improved tremendously after the break.
PATRICK ROBERTS
7 Pretty anonymous in first half but came onto a game in the second period. Got a bit of luck with the second goal but deserved it through his decisiveness when other players may have dallied.
TOM ROGIC
6 Played in a slightly deeper role than he’s used to, shading out to the right of centre in Celtic’s 4-1-4-1. Was closely marked throughout his 65 minutes and struggled to make an impact.
SCOTT SINCLAIR
8 With his strong running he was able to drag Celtic up the park, either when they were sloppy in possession in the first half or under the kosh in the second. Rounded off a fine performance with his goal.
LEIGH GRIFFITHS
7 His touch was off at times and he was a little isolated early on. But never stopped running and showed great instincts to attack the back post for the first goal.
SUBSTITUTES CALLUM MCGREGOR
7 Brought some renewed energy to the midfield area.
NIR BITTON
5 Caught in possession too often after replacing Brown.
JAMES FORREST
6 Another who worked hard to preserve the victory.