Scottish Premiership: All the Boxing Day action
Despite reduced crowds, there were plenty of goals on an action-packed Boxing Day in the Scottish Premiership.
St Johnstone 1 - 3 Celtic
Celtic emerged from a "chaotic couple of days" to inflict St Johnstone's eighth consecutive defeat.
Two goals from Liel Abada's first-half double had the visitors in total command until Chris Kane halved the deficit.
Nir Bitton eventually put the result beyond doubt when he scored a late third to send Celtic into the winter break six points adrift of leaders Rangers who won later in the day.
One Celtic fan told us: "It was a solid performance. We need to keep winning and who knows where the season will finish?"
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— Celtic TV (@CelticTV) December 27, 2021
⚽️⚽️ Abada
⚽️ Bitton pic.twitter.com/hmdLlpfaKn
Rangers 2 - 0 St Mirren
Scott Wright scored an opening header before Alfredo Morelos slammed in a first-half second at Ibrox. Rangers failed to add to their advantage after the interval but were never under any threat.
Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst told RangersTV: "I'm very pleased. I'm happy with the performance, it was very controlled.
"We created a lot of chances. The scoreline needs to be more when you see the chances we created. But we can go into the break in the place we want. We'll have a good rest and start over again.
Dundee United 1 - 3 Hibernian
Kevin Nisbet made Hibs' dominance pay before half-time. Chris Cadden added their second after United went down to 10 men following Charlie Mulgrew's injury in the second half.
Declan Glass scored a wonderful solo goal to cut the deficit late on but Jamie Murphy sealed Hibs' win with the last kick of the game.
Elsewhere
Aberdeen 2 - 1 Dundee
Hearts 2 - 1 Ross County
Motherwell 2 - 1 Livingston
