First, the game. On a day of ‘dead-rubbers’ in Premiership’s top-six finale, we were treated to 13 goals across three matches – five of which came at Celtic Park.
The champions had to come back twice to eventually claim a thrilling 3-2 win over St Mirren, with a Mark O’Hara double coming either side of Matt O’Riley’s strike before Kyogo Furuhashi notched another first-half equaliser.
In an end-to-end second period, Luis Palma rounded off Celtic’s league campaign with an 86th-minute winner to end their Premiership season on a high.
Manager Brendan Rodgers said the victory was “a great way to celebrate” a 12th top-flight title in 13 seasons.
“I thought we played some really, really good football on an extremely hot day,” he told BBC Scotland. “To cap it off with the late goal typified the team’s mentality.”
Speaking to Sky Sports, Celtic captain Callum McGregor added: “It’s one of the best atmospheres I’ve seen on trophy day.”
“You never get tired of success. This is why you play football and there’s not a more satisfying feeling than lifting that trophy above your head.”
