Celtic beat Hearts at Tynecastle to go three-points clear at top

Celtic have defeated Hearts at Tynecastle to move three points clear at the top of the Premiership table.

Kyogo Furuhashi, Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah were all on target in a 4-1 victory in the capital on Saturday night.

Musa Drammeh pulled one back for the home side with ten minutes remaining but it proved to be little more than a consolation.

There is now daylight between the four-in-a-row chasing champions and second-placed Aberdeen who suffered their first league defeat of the season at St Mirren a few hours earlier.

Hearts remain second-bottom of the top-flight after their fourth defeat in the last five games.

The first chance of the game fell to Blair Spittal but the midfielder failed to connect as he would have intended and Schmeichel easily collected.

The Celtic goalkeeper was called into action soon after to save a shot from James Penrice as Hearts made a strong start.

Daizen Maeda then came close to giving the visitors an early lead after Callum McGregor chipped the ball into the danger area but the Japan forward’s header looped over the bar.

Lawrence Shankland was next up when he fired wide from close range as Hearts looked to take advantage of their early pressure.

The Scotland forward had another good chance moments later but his header was well saved by Schmeichel.

It was all square at the break and the first big chance after the break fell to Kyogo when his shot was well saved by Craig Gordon.

However, the Japan forward put the Hoops ahead just moments later.

Gordon pulled off another good save but Kyogo was clinical with the rebound as he turned home from close range to make it 1-0 ten minutes into the second-half.

Brendan Rodgers’ side doubled their lead five minutes later when Nicolas Kuhn smashed the ball into the roof of the net to make it 2-0.

The German winger showed a burst of pace before playing a one-two with Maeda and gave Gordon no chance with a thunderous strike.

Drammeh reduced the deficit late on when he made a bursting run before leaving Schmeichel with no chance with a long-range strike that flew into the net.

Idah then added icing to the Celtic cake with his second of the match from the penalty spot to make it 4-1 in injury-time.