McGeady and Petrov ensure Celtic end year at top of the tree

Hearts 0 Celtic 2

McGeady and Petrov ensure Celtic end year at top of the tree
Mon, 27 Dec, 2004 - 00:00
Jon West

Goals from Aiden McGeady and Stilian Petrov were enough to beat Hearts 2-0 at Tynecastle and the home side knew they could have suffered an even heavier defeat.

The result allowed the champions to open up a four-point lead that Rangers will be aiming to reduce to just one by beating Motherwell at Ibrox today.

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