Celtic's lead looks insurmountable after they grind out victory over dogged Aberdeen at rain-lashed Pittdorie to go seven points clear, writes Tom English.
It's possible there were more hostile places on earth on Wednesday evening than Pittodrie; windier, rainier, colder, noisier. But frankly, we doubt it.
From the moment when Cameron Carter-Vickers was ironically cheered by the Red Shed after successfully completing a backpass to his goalkeeper - something he failed to do a week ago against Club Brugge - to the lusty tackle Kevin Nisbet put in when ransacking Alex Valle, this was tumultuous stuff. Only a minute had been played and skin and hair was flying.
A couple of minutes in, Kyogo Furuhashi went haring away into space deep in the Aberdeen half, the inexperienced goalkeeper Ross Doohan his only obstacle to a possible opener. In the days of Dimitar Mitov, Doohan's time on the pitch has been limited, but he was good on Wednesday night. Durable after the Kyogo incident and inspired at times later on when Celtic started to pile on the pressure.
Paulo Bernardo scored directly from one of them, but it was correctly ruled out when Daizen Maeda was seen to have backed into Doohan. Alistair Johnston was a few feet away from connecting with another, a touch probably being enough to break the deadlock. Or better. Leighton Clarkson was in space in front of Celtic's goal, but pulled his shot and the moment passed. Teams who miss chances tend to regret them when it's Celtic down the other end. Two minutes after Clarkson missed, Hatate scored.
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