Bhoys are back on top

Motherwell 0

Martin O'Neill sent Celtic out hoping the untimely revelations over his delay in signing a new contract had not distracted his title-chasing side from the task in hand of moving level on points with Rangers.

O'Neill was without Chris Sutton, John Hartson, Johan Mjallby, Steve Guppy, Robert Douglas and Magnus Hedman and they were joined on the sidelines by Joos Valgaeren, who suffered a back injury in Saturday's 4-1 victory at Dunfermline.