Celtic take matters in hand

CELTIC moved back to within one point of Rangers at the top of the SPL with a comfortable 4-1 win over Dundee United at Parkhead.

Gary Hooper’s close-range strike after 23 minutes gave Neil Lennon’s side the interval lead and second-half goals from Beram Kayal, Kris Commons and substitute Daryl Murphy, on for Scott Brown, sealed the win.

It was a convincing performance from the home side, who could go top of the table on Wednesday when they travel to Inverness for their game in hand over the Ibrox men.