GLASGOW
\nCeltic came from behind to maintain their nine-point lead over Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a 3-1 win over Hearts on Wednesday.
\nRangers also conceded first at Hibs before running out 4-1 winners in Edinburgh with Antonio Colak on target twice.
\nIn the first of two meetings between the sides in four days, Hearts shocked Celtic Park when Josh Ginnelly headed in on six minutes. However, Ange Postecoglou\u2019s men reacted to protect their 100 percent record at home in the league this season.
\nDaizen Maeda injured himself in bravely diving in to meet Kyogo Furuhashi\u2019s cross to level before half-time.
\nFuruhashi then put the Hoops in front with his 20th Premiership goal of the season before substitute Sead Haksabanovic sealed the three points.
\n\u201cWe had to work hard for the points tonight as we weren\u2019t at our fluent best,\u201d said Postecoglou.
\n\u201cWe looked disjointed (at) the start, but the boys have again shown a really strong mentality and scored three excellent goals to get the job done.\u201d
\nRangers refused to give up the chase of their Old Firm rivals despite falling behind early to Connor Goldson\u2019s own goal at Easter Road.
\nHibs had been unbeaten in five but were blown away after James Tavernier quickly restored parity from the penalty spot.
\nColak justified his selection by Michael Beale with a double either side of Fashion Sakala\u2019s low drive to make it 3-1.
\n\u201cThe response was fantastic,\u201d said Beale. \u201cWe scored four and could have scored double that.\u201d
\nDundee United remain bottom of the table but closed to within three points of safety after a 1-1 draw at Livingston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GLASGOW Celtic came from behind to maintain their nine-point lead over Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premiership with a 3-1 win over Hearts on Wednesday. Rangers also conceded first at Hibs before running out 4-1 winners in Edinburgh with Antonio Colak on target twice. In the first of two meetings between the sides […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-318608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n