The Hoops, who paid tribute to Billy McNeill, ran out 1-0 winners over Kilmarnock in Saturday’s Scottish Premiership match at Parkhead.
Celtic have edged closer to an eighth successive Scottish Premiership title after beating Kilmarnock 1-0 on an emotional day at Parkhead.
Saturday’s match saw the home contingent pay their respects to the club’s 1967 European Cup-winning captain Billy McNeill, who passed away aged 79 earlier this week.
Ahead of the game, interim boss Neil Lennon and captain Scott Brown laid a wreath at McNeill’s statue and the crowd burst into a rendition of the Celtic Song.
With McNeill’s former Lisbon Lions teammates in attendance, a minute’s applause was held before kickoff, video tributes were shown, and Celtic’s players wore black armbands bearing the number five.
Jozo Simunovic, who wears the number five jersey once graced by the former Hoops defender and manager, scored the winning goal on the day – heading home just after the clock had ticked into the 67-minute mark.
At half time, with the deadlock yet to be broken, one Celtic fan posted his second-half prediction on Twitter:
And after the game, his tweet got a lot of reaction from a very surprised fanbase:
The win for Celtic means they will be crowned champions should Rangers fail to beat Aberdeen on Sunday.
Even if Steven Gerrard’s side do win, the Hoops need just one point from their last three games to secure the title.
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