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Ayo Obileye's own goal opened the scoring after heavy pressure from CelticCeltic restored their nine-point lead at the summit of the Scottish Premiership after overcoming stubborn Livingston.
Ayo Obileye's own goal and a close-range Kyogo Furuhashi finish put the dominant hosts in control in Glasgow.
But an instant reply through Nicky Devlin seconds before the break threatened an unlikely comeback.
Liel Abada had a third controversially ruled out after a VAR check, but Celtic still closed out the game comfortably.
Ange Postecoglou's side, who enjoyed the vast majority of chances but failed to put the result beyond doubt, have won both matches since returning from the World Cup break, while Livingston remain sixth after their first game in over a month.
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Celtic
Squad number1Player nameHart
Squad number56Player nameRalston
Squad number20Player nameCarter-Vickers
Squad number4Player nameStarfelt
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Squad number33Player nameO'Riley
Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
Squad number41Player nameHatate
Squad number11Player nameAbada
Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
Squad number17Player nameJota
Squad number7Player nameGiakoumakis
Squad number9Player nameHaksabanovic
Squad number13Player nameMooy
Squad number14Player nameTurnbull
Squad number25Player nameBernabei
Livingston
Squad number31Player nameKonovalov
Squad number2Player nameDevlin
Squad number5Player nameFitzwater
Squad number6Player nameObileye
Squad number3Player nameLongridge
Squad number11Player nameCristian Montaño
Squad number17Player nameKelly
Squad number33Player nameOméonga
Squad number24Player nameKelly
Squad number29Player namePenrice
Squad number9Player nameAnderson
Squad number8Player namePittman
Squad number10Player nameEsmael Gonçalves
Squad number15Player nameBoyes
Squad number18Player nameHolt
Squad number22Player nameShinnie
Line-ups
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Hart
- 56RalstonSubstituted forBernabeiat 56'minutesBooked at 86mins
- 20Carter-Vickers
- 4Starfelt
- 3Taylor
- 33O'RileySubstituted forMooyat 82'minutes
- 42McGregor
- 41HatateSubstituted forTurnbullat 64'minutes
- 11Abada
- 8FuruhashiBooked at 62minsSubstituted forGiakoumakisat 82'minutes
- 17Neves FilipeSubstituted forHaksabanovicat 64'minutes
Substitutes
- 6Jenz
- 7Giakoumakis
- 9Haksabanovic
- 13Mooy
- 14Turnbull
- 25Bernabei
- 31Siegrist
- 38Maeda
- 49Forrest
Livingston
Formation 5-4-1
- 31Konovalov
- 2Devlin
- 5Fitzwater
- 6ObileyeSubstituted forBoyesat 45'minutesBooked at 77mins
- 3Longridge
- 11MontañoBooked at 57minsSubstituted forShinnieat 69'minutes
- 17Kelly
- 33OméongaBooked at 47minsSubstituted forPittmanat 70'minutes
- 24KellySubstituted forHoltat 70'minutes
- 29Penrice
- 9AndersonSubstituted forEsmael Gonçalvesat 76'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Bahamboula
- 8Pittman
- 10Esmael Gonçalves
- 15Boyes
- 18Holt
- 19Nouble
- 22Shinnie
- 25Cancar
- 32Hamilton
Live Text
Match ends, Celtic 2, Livingston 1.
Second Half ends, Celtic 2, Livingston 1.
Corner, Celtic. Conceded by Morgan Boyes.
Attempt blocked. Sead Haksabanovic (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexandro Bernabei.
Attempt missed. Sead Haksabanovic (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Greg Taylor.
Foul by Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic).
Jason Holt (Livingston) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Greg Taylor.
Attempt blocked. Aaron Mooy (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgos Giakoumakis.
Alexandro Bernabei (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Alexandro Bernabei (Celtic).
Jason Holt (Livingston) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Celtic. Aaron Mooy replaces Matt O'Riley.
Substitution, Celtic. Giorgos Giakoumakis replaces Kyogo Furuhashi.
Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jason Holt (Livingston).
Attempt missed. Liel Abada (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Turnbull.
Attempt saved. Liel Abada (Celtic) header from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sead Haksabanovic with a cross.
Morgan Boyes (Livingston) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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