It wasn't pretty from Celtic in the Highlands, but Nicolas Kuhn was the late hero as they battled from a goal down to clinch a 2-1 win over Ross County.
It was a quiet start with Daizen Maeda causing most of the early problems, albeit those were few and far between for a sturdy County team who kept things quiet. He was denied by Ross Laidlaw early on before heading an Alistair Johnston cross over the bar, a chance he should have done better with.
Ronan Hale was lively at the other end and he took responsibility from the penalty spot after Liam Scales was penalised for handball. His initial spot-kick was saved by Kasper Schmeichel, but he was adjudged by Kevin Clancy to have left his line prematurely, and the striker didn't make the same mistake twice.
Hale nearly made it 2-0 shortly after half-time when he saw Schmeichel off his line but his chipped effort from range landed on the roof of the net, to a sigh of relief from the Hoops shotstopper. It had begun to seem like Celtic were sleepwalking to a rare domestic defeat but before all hope was lost, Alistair Johnston came to the rescue. Callum McGregor drove one towards goal and, whether it was a miscued shot or an intentional pass, it was redirected into the net by the right-back from close range.
Kuhn has been Celtic's man for the big occasions this season and it was the German who bailed them out late on. He bent one into the far corner to send the away end wild and keep the 100 per cent record rolling after a game where it could so easily have slipped.
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