Ben Banks caps off a couple of days worth of Celtic news after they beat Aberdeen 5-1.
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00:00It was another fine night in Glasgow for Celtic, returning to winning ways after a 2-1 defeat
00:07to Hibs on Wednesday night by beating Aberdeen 5-1. Dijs and Maida got a double to take his
00:13tally to the season for 25 goals. Jota, Callum McGregor and Yang all finished off the scoring
00:20on a night where history at the back alluded them they had the chance to set a defensive
00:24clean sheet record at home but for the first time since the last time they played the Dons
00:28at home, Celtic finally conceded a goal at Parkhead, Shadyn Morris scoring in garbage
00:34time really in the game in the final minutes just before Maida scored the second goal of
00:41his night and it moved Celtic 16 points clear at the top of the league pending the Rangers
00:47result against Kilmarnock on Wednesday night. A fine night for Brendan Rodgers' side who
00:53felt aggrieved that they didn't take at least a point from the house game, much controversy
00:57over the disallowed goal for Dijs and Maida at 2-1 in the game, Alistair Johnston's cross
01:03into the box turned in by the Japanese international but it was deemed by VAR that the ball was
01:09out of play. Celtic have taken this matter to the SFA but it's not going to really change
01:16much in terms of the result, it will still stand as a defeat for Celtic on their record
01:21so not much will come of that outside of maybe an apology from Willie Callum in the head
01:26office at Hampden but they put that behind them against Aberdeen. They weren't great
01:31in the first half, they were winning 3-0 at the break but that didn't really tell the
01:34full story of the game, a few errors at the back, Kevin Nisbet really, really should have
01:39rolled the ball into an empty net when poor communication at the back, Kasper Schmeichel
01:44just passes straight into him, he hits it first time and it trundles past the post with
01:48Cameron Carter-Vickers scrambling back to try and clear it. At that moment you kind
01:53of thought Aberdeen looked the most likely to get the goal but dies in mind they're scoring
01:57a very odd goal, a deflected cross, Aberdeen are just standing staring at it, he swings
02:03a leg at it, puts it beyond Ross Duan, the former Celtic goalkeeper who didn't have a
02:06great night albeit on his return to Parkhead. That made it 1-0 and then from there Celtic
02:12never really looked back, Jota got in on the act and from there it was very, very comfortable.
02:18Celtic could have really probably scored another 1 or 2 on the night as well, Armie
02:23Engels a star performer in midfield but Maida again taking a lot of the headlines, Brendan
02:29Rodgers saying after the game that he would expect interest in the forward given his season
02:34to this point, he's had a tremendous 2025, a season overall and looks the overwhelming
02:40favourite to be the player of the year in Scotland this year once Celtic eventually
02:43are crowned as champions and you would imagine favourites for a treble as well. So that another
02:49good night for Celtic as they march closer and one game closer to another Premiership title.