Celtic haven't quite wrapped up the Scottish Premiership title – but we've bought the paper

Celtic took a huge step towards retaining the Scottish Premiership title with a 2 – 0 win over Aberdeen in what promised to be a tricky match, following the team's exertions in St Petersburg on Thursday.

On a day in which the Pittodrie groundsman had apparently mistaken his lawnmower for a cultivator

, the football was never likely to be silky-smooth.

However, what mattered most was that Celtic's 10th consecutive win over the Dons establishes a nine-point lead at the top and effectively kills off whatever remained of the Dandie's challenge.

It's little wonder that the Dons boss, Derek McInnes was many Celtic fans' choice to be the fourth man for the Ibrox hotseat. Let's hope, as Aberdeen fans surely do, that The Rangers come knocking at Stewart Milne's door again in the summer.

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Earlier in the day this blog anticipated the real prospect of a Dons win, reckoning without Deek's remarkable ability to be thoroughly awful when faced with a side from Glasgow.

However, after an excellent win which saw glimpses of the Moussa Dembele we've been looking for all season and the (insert your own superlative here) Kieran Tierney showing exactly why he is wanted across Europe, we are now effectively two wins from being ready to call ourselves champions.

Whereas as loss could have allowed The Rangers the chance to leave Ibrox only three point behind on March 11th, winning the next two matches would leave Celtic at least 12 point clear and waving goodbye to the Would-be challengers.

After a difficult February, the players and coaching staff deserve praise for securing what is probably our most important league win of the season.



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