Kyogo Furuhashi of Celtic celebrates after scoring
Photo: AFP
Celtic clinched their second successive Scottish Premiership title under Ange Postecoglou as Kyogo Furuhashi’s 30th goal of the season helped overcome stubborn 10-man Hearts 2-0 at Tynecastle.
The visitors were out of sorts and second best until the stroke of half-time when Alex Cochrane’s yellow card for a foul on Daizen Maeda was upgraded to red following Video Assistant Referee intervention.
Kyogo made the breakthrough and sparked jubilation among the away support with his 50th Celtic goal before substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu steered in a second to ensure the club’s 11th title in 12 years.
It is a 53rd league crown overall for Celtic and they can complete a fifth treble in seven seasons with victory over second-tier Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Cup final on 3 June.
“This club demand success. You have to be the best team over 38 games and the best team have won the league. So happy for all the players, staff and fans. It’s a really special day today,” captain Callum McGregor told Sky Sports.
No club other than Celtic and Rangers has taken the Scottish league title since Aberdeen won the old Premier Division in 1985.
-BBC
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