Celtic maintained their nine-point lead at the top of the Premiership table after a hard-fought 2-2 draw in the Glasgow derby at Ibrox.

Daizen Maeda gave the Hoops an early lead, while Kyogo supplied a late equaliser after Celtic had conceded two second-half goals.

Speaking to Celtic TV after the game, Ange Postecoglou said: “We started the game really well, sort of lost our way a little bit in the middle of the game and then found a way to get back into it at the end.

'Daizen took his goal well and I thought he was great the whole game and really caused them problems.'

“Like I said, we started the game well but then we just made some really uncharacteristic errors for ourselves, kept giving the ball away with no real pressure, and allowed them back into the game.

“Once that happens and the crowd gets behind them, it made it difficult for us.”

Despite a difficult start to the second-half, when Celtic conceded twice to trail 2-1 in the game, the Hoops continued to battle hard and got their reward when Kyogo fired the ball into the roof of the next from six yards out with just two minutes of the 90 remaining.

“The boys have shown tremendous character all the way through and they’ll continue to do that,” said the Celtic manager. “There is no lost cause for them or any time that we resign ourselves to our fate.

“It would have been easy today at 2-1 down, with the crowd up and them up and going to say it’s not our day, but the lads again found a way.

“Kyogo was there when we needed him but whoever it has been, whenever we’ve needed somebody in those moments, we’ve found somebody and we did it again today.”

Manager: Players showed tremendous character in derby clash