Celtic ease to victory over 10-man Thistle

Celtic 2 Partick 0:Celtic retained their seven-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership with an easy 2-0 win over 10-man Partick at Parkhead last night.

The home side lay siege to the Thistle defence at the start of the match but had to rely on a Kris Commons penalty a minute before the break to give them the interval lead.

Thistle midfielder James Craigen had been shown a straight red card for a ’last man’ foul on Hoops midfielder Stuart Armstrong to concede the spot-kick, leaving the visitors a player down for the second half.