Champions Celtic celebrated on trophy day with a ruthless 6-0 thrashing of Motherwell at Parkhead.
Celtic clinched their cinch tenth Premiership title in 11 years at Dundee United on Wednesday night to secure a party in the final game of the season, where a brace from striker Kyogo Furuhashi and an intermediate goal from the former Motherwell midfielder David Turnbull made it 3. -0 at the break. Second-half goals from Jota and substitute Giorgos Giakoumakis, who scored a brace, added to an afternoon of joyous celebrations.
There was further excitement when Nir Bitton and Tom Rogic said goodbye in their last appearances for the club after nine years of service and received a standing ovation in the 6th and 18th minutes respectively, their shirt numbers.
Ange Postecoglou, winner of the Premiership and League Cup in his first season in charge, has transformed a club that fell 25 points behind Rangers last season to finish four ahead of their great rivals.
Motherwell had already qualified for the Europa Conference League qualifiers but they will want to forget this game in a hurry. Australian midfielder Rogic started the match to the approval of the excited home support as Jota, Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda and Turnbull also returned to the team with Israeli international Bitton on the bench.
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Blair Spittal broke the tie in the 66th minute with a fabulous strike from 25 yards, only for United to equalize from the penalty spot five minutes later through Nicky Clark.
Clark found the net again in the final five minutes to secure the points for United, whose fans flooded the pitch as they celebrated and left one of their own players in need of medical attention.
Motherwell manager Graham Alexander made two changes to Bevis Mugabi and Victor Nirennold, in his first start since signing in January, replacing Liam Donnelly and Juhani Ojala.
It seemed only a matter of time before Celtic got ahead and it came after a Nirennold error in the 22nd minute. The defender mishit Jota’s deep corner inside the box and Furuhashi wasted no time turning and lobbing a low shot that he overtook Motherwell goalkeeper Liam Kelly at his first post.
In the 32nd minute, as Motherwell retreated from a rare attack, Jota’s cross from the left was intercepted by Rogic’s slide, whose shot ricocheted off the post and the offside flag was raised for the stalking Celtic creative. Maeda.
Celtic then had a minute or so of slack. Joe Efford set up Dean Cornelius, but his lame shot from 16 yards went wide. The locals prevailed again and scored twice before the break.
Turnbull combined with Maeda, converting defender Rickie Lamie and outscoring Kelly from 12 yards before Furuhashi then volleyed a perfectly weighted pass from Anthony Ralston with trademark technique.
Motherwell had to regroup at half-time and striker Kevin Van Veen replaced Sean Goss but it made no difference.
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In the 59th minute, after Furuhashi’s pass to Maeda had bounced off his Japanese international partner, Jota latched on to a loose ball to sweep past Kelly.
Then, in the middle of a series of substitutions, Rogic received a standing ovation from the fans and was hugged by his teammates as he came out for the last time and was clearly overwhelmed with emotion.
Celtic went ahead and in the 68th minute the Motherwell defense allowed Giakoumakis to execute a bicycle kick from six metres. There was more cheering in the 85th minute when Bitton replaced captain Callum McGregor and enjoyed his final moments in the green and white jersey, with Giakoumakis number six from close range in added time.
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