Celtic finish with a flourish to see off Ross County as Johnny Kenny debuts and Kyogo Furuhashi bags a brace

Johnny Kenny made his Celtic debut from the bench and had a hand in their fourth goal as the Bhoys recorded a 4-1 win over Ross County, while stand-in winger Kyogo Furuhashi showed his adaptability by netting a double.

Furuhashi started outside of Adam Idah on the right after Brendan Rodgers lost four wide players for the trip to Dingwall.

But the Japan international was in familiar territory in front of goal when he netted in each half.

Jordan White had levelled from the spot for the hosts but Furuhashi headed Celtic back in front in the 81st minute.

Arne Engels and substitute Luke McCowan both netted deep in stoppage time to add some gloss to the scoreline as Celtic moved 18 points clear at the top of the William Hill Premiership.

Furuhashi was shifted wide after Daizen Maeda joined James Forrest and Nicolas Kuhn on the injured list and Luis Palma was given compassionate leave.

Visiting goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel looked like he had layered up for the -5C temperatures but he faced two shots inside the first two minutes as Celtic twice gave the ball away on the frosty pitch. Neither were on target.

Idah stabbed a shot into the side-netting as Celtic settled down and the Cork man then set up Alistair Johnston to force the first save with a flick towards goal.

County had a better chance after good skill from Josh Nisbet set up Noah Chilvers but the midfielder missed the target with only Schmeichel to beat.

Celtic had a penalty claim rejected by Matthew MacDermid when Reo Hatate got in front of Elijah Campbell and was knocked off balance after the pair collided.

Furuhashi (above) passed up a good chance when he stabbed the ball straight at Jordan Amissah from close range but he opened the scoring in the 40th minute when he steered