Motherwell-Celtic

Mark Atkinson reports from Fir Park.

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00:00Jota is back. Celtic have won by 3 goals to 1 and guess who got the final goal? Of course

00:07it was the Portuguese winger. In his second debut, his first appearance since coming back

00:12from Rennes at the start of the week, he scored deep at the stoppage time to ice Celtic's

00:16cake. They won by 3 goals to 1 here against Motherwell at Fir Park. Kyoko Furuhashi, already

00:23forgotten you would say given that Jota has come back. His celebration at the end, fist

00:28up in the air in the corner flag. It's synonymous with his first time at Celtic and he was circulated

00:34by the Dorning fans at full time. Tears in his eyes actually, an emotional moment for

00:38Jota. Tell you what though, he wasn't the star man for Celtic today. It'll be about

00:42him scoring that goal but Dyson Maida, Celtic's other Japanese player, fantastic performance

00:48by him. His stats have been fantastic, frighteningly good in fact. He's scored 16 goals and laid

00:55on 8 assists this season in all competitions. I think he's fast becoming Celtic's talisman.

01:00He's dangerous out wide, he can play through the middle and you wonder how big a part he's

01:04got to play this season for Celtic as they look to add to the League Cup triumph. It

01:09was a fairly straightforward performance from Celtic today. They were never really in trouble

01:12but apart from on one occasion when Luke Armstrong netted an equaliser outmuscling Auston Trusty

01:18and Cameron Carter-Vickers. But Celtic actually restored their lead pretty convincingly there

01:22afterwards. They win here by three goals to one keeping their lead to 10 points at the

01:26top of the table.