Jota and substitute Alexandro Bernabei have struck on the finish of every half as Celtic defeated Ross County 2-Zero to take care of their nine-point benefit over Rangers on the high of the Scottish Premiership forward of subsequent weekend’s Glasgow derby.
Portuguese winger Jota netted the opener in Celtic’s away conflict after referee Willie Collum – following a VAR assessment – deemed that the ball had struck Alex Iacovitti’s arm within the field, a lot to the dismay of the house facet.
Bernabei finally made positive of the factors with a surprising strike in stoppage time, making certain Ange Postecoglou’s rampant facet go into Saturday’s house showdown with Rangers buoyed by a 15-game profitable run in all competitions.
The glowing run started after their 2-2 draw at Rangers’ Ibrox house initially of January.
Celtic finally made the breakthrough on Sunday in first-half stoppage time.
Referee Collum was invited to the pitchside monitor and he required just a few seconds to resolve that the ball had struck Iacovitti’s left arm as he tried to problem Carter-Vickers for a crossed ball into the field.
Jota duly fired his spot-kick straight down the center and into the web as Laidlaw dived to his proper.
Within the fifth minute of stoppage time on the finish of the sport, Jota cracked a late shot off the crossbar earlier than Bernabei fired in a surprising 20-yard strike to seal the factors, sparking chants of “carry on the Rangers” from the jubilant touring help at fulltime.
