Scottish Premiership
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Celtic Park, Glasgow

CELTIC…2
(Elyounoussi 57, Duffy 70)

KILMARNOCK…0

CELTIC built on their impressive performance in midweek to defeat Kilmarnock 2-0 at Celtic Park. Neil Lennon’s side looked hungry throughout the entire 90 minutes as they dominated their opponents and subjected them to wave after wave of attack. Mohamed Elyounoussi gave Celtic the lead early in the second half and Shane Duffy added a second 20 minutes from the end.

Celtic’s first chance in the game came from a David Turnbull in swinging free-kick from the left. The midfielder delivered an excellent ball into the penalty area which Jullien flicked on inside the six-yard box, forcing a great save from Danny Rogers in the Kilmarnock goal.

Moments later Mohamed Elyounoussi cut open the Killie defence when he spun away from his marker on the edge of the box defence, but Rogers rushed off his line to snatch the ball from Elyounoussi’s feet.

Turnbull continued his impressive form from midweek and caused Kilmarnock problems going forward, particularly with his link-up play with Odsonne Edouard. The first instance of their attacking threat came when Turnbull won the ball on the halfway line and a quick one-two with Edouard saw the midfielder break away before firing his shot over.

Turnbull then set Edouard up a few minutes later when a lovely first touch created enough space just inside the box to dink a pass to his team-mate but the Frenchman’s volley flew just wide of the post.

Kristoffer Ajer helped create another chance for Celtic just before half-time with some neat footwork to turn away from two Killie players out on the right. He fed the ball to Edouard who showed good awareness to flick it on to Turnbull on the edge of the area. Kilmarnock were fortunate that the midfielder’s powerful shot was straight at the keeper.

It was a lively start to the second half from Celtic and Kilmarnock somehow managed to survive a flurry of early chances from the champions.

Hungry Celts overwhelm Kilmarnock to claim convincing win