On This Day in 2022, Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic ended a hopeless run away to Livingston by collecting an important three points on the way towards the title. With no wins on their travels to West Lothian since the Tony Macaroni side were promoted in 2018, it looked as if it could be another potential banana skin for Celtic. However, such was the time under Ange, the team never stopped.
Daizen Maeda made it 1-0 as Celtic started quickly in West Lothian. Carl Starfelt headed the ball goalwards from a perfectly weighted Jota corner. The Livi goalkeeper got down well to save but the Japanese striker popped up at the back post to header the ball into the net.
Celtic started the second half with vigor. Tom Rogic powered through the centre of the park before finding James Forrest, who bombed forward. The Scottish Internationalist, who started ahead of Liel Abada, found Tony Ralston, who was advancing forward. The right-back fired a cross towards Maeda but the cross deflected and rattled off Nicky Devlin, who was helpless as the ball hit the net.
Forrest made it 3-0 to Celtic before Livi pulled one back in an entertaining afternoon in West Lothian.Celtic pressed high with McGregor winning the ball back. Rogic passed the ball forward to Jota, who took the ball and played Forrest into space. The winger burst through and steadied himself before sending a shot beyond Max Stryjek. It was a good reward for the Celtic icon, who had struggled with injuries over the previous two seasons but proved that he is still able to pitch in with a goal.
