Celtic survive Aberdeen scare to stay on top

Jota and Matt O'Riley's deflected effort had Ange Postecoglou's men cruising towards an eighth consecutive victory.

But the visitors were stunned as Aberdeen came out a different side after the break and struck twice in five minutes through Christian Ramirez and Lewis Ferguson.

Barely 60 seconds after the Dons had levelled, Celtic retook the lead when a loose ball broke to Jota in the box and he fired home his fourth goal in three appearances against Aberdeen.

Celtic still needed to see out a nervy final 30 minutes, but got over the line to stay just in front of Rangers in the title race.

"This is not an easy place to come and win, so great character and a good reaction to get the third goal," said Postecoglou.

"As you saw in the second half there are still areas where we can improve and that's what we need to do.