Celtic got the new year off to a flyer by beating our closest rivals in the championship race by three goals to two. An excellent game of football between two teams that didn't want to lose. Celtic were 2-0 down within eight minutes of kick-off, and were under the cosh for the whole of the first half. Three second half goals, one three minutes from time and another well into injury time, saw all three points heading back to Paradise as Celtic open a seven-point gap at the top of the league and a mammoth 17-point lead over Rangers.