Celtic have emphatically restored their seven-point lead at the Scottish Premiership summit with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Hearts at Tynecastle.

Matt O’Riley opened the scoring in the fourth minute with a superbly composed volley finish from an excellent Luis Palma assist which rather set the tone for the afternoon. A second goal soon arrived from Daizen Maeda’s tap-in which left the visitors fully in command at half-time.

It was exactly a year ago today that VAR was first introduced to Scottish football and there was a touch of controversy to mark the occasion as the visitors were awarded a penalty seconds into the second half as Kyogo went down a touch easily under Alex Cochrane's challenge.

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