New Bhoys Arne Engels and Luke McCowan slotted in like jigsaw pieces to the team and also slotted away the two most important kicks in the game

The Celts maintained their spot at the top of the tree with a 2-0 win over Hearts as they contained the Edinburgh side who looked to hit on the break throughout the match.

VAR checks on two penalty calls saw the referee reverse both of his decisions, first after awarding the visitors a spot-kick, then after refusing a Celtic penalty call, overturn that decision as well

Belgian Bhoy Arne Engels brought the house down when his spot kick gave him his first goal in the Hoops and the lead against Hearts early in the second half after he was unlucky on a couple occasions in the first 45.

Then, near the end of the 90, McCowan raised the roof when his shot made the game safe for the Celts.

Despite the penalty scare which gave the visitors a bit of a boost, the bulk of the play was concentrated around the Hearts box with a number of chancess for the Celts coming close.

Engels, Kyogo, Nicolas Kuhn and Daizen Maeda were all unlucky with blocks, the woodwork and Craig Gordon between the sticks all conspiring to record Celtic’s first goal-less first half of the term.

Engels shot just wide from six yards after Alistair Johnston played the ball over in the third minute then Maeda showed a lovely piece of skill to flick the ball over the head of Gordon, but the move was flagged for offside.

Kuhn then threaded not one but two excellent ball through the entire Hearts defence in quick succession, the first was to Kyogo who shot narrowly past from just inside the box, the second was to Maeda, but his attempt was blocked for a corner.

A long-range Reo Hatate shot was saved by Gordon who managed to divert the ball one-handedly before Engles showed some lovely skill six yards from goal to control the ball with his right foot and shoot with his left only to see the ball crack off the post as the Celts turned up the heat

Greg Taylor also had an attempt blocked after Scales found Maeda, but then, from their first corner, Hearts thought they had won a penalty when the ball came off Scales’ arm, but his close proximity to the attacker saw the referee’s initial award rescinded.

New Bhoys going for goals in 2-0 win for the champions