Aberdeen 0 - 2 Celtic: Aberdeen brought back to earth
Scorers: Celtic - Lassad (73), Mulgrew (77)
Attendance: 18,083
Celtic turned up at Pittodrie on the back of three SPL matches without a win, domestic form which had seen them concede leadership of the table to Hibs and leave themselves vulnerable to also being leapfrogged by Craig Brown’s resurgent Dons side.
But by the time Neil Lennon and his players got back to Glasgow, they had not only seen off Aberdeen with considerable comfort but also found themselves back on top of the pile after any championship pretensions surrounding Hibs had also been exposed by their capitulation to bottom-of-the table Dundee.
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Hide AdSo, while the upper reaches of the SPL may be more congested than most of us had anticipated by this stage of the season, it is plain that this is a title race which only be competitive for as long as Celtic allow it to be.