Celtic's James Forrest targeting place in exclusive club after joining another with Livingston strike

It was an exquisite finish that snared Celtic winger James Forrest his first goal in four months.

Now the 30-year-old is earmarking an exquisite finish of a different variety before the end of the season. His drilled left-foot strike from the tightest angle to put Celtic three-up in their 3-1 victory over Livingston was his 96th of a stellar career. It may only be Forrest’s fourth of the season, and his previous one may have been the League Cup semi-final decider against St Johnstone on November 20, but the player believes he can join Celtic’s elite 100 club inside the closing 11 weeks of the term.

Only 29 players have hit the ton for the club. And, with his Almondvale counter his first league goal of the season, Forrest has become one of only 10 players in the near 50-years of the Premier era to net in 13 consecutive top flight campaigns. A comeback display of sorts after a largely unproductive period, a significant afternoon for Forrest and his team was capped by his first win in West Lothian of his time in Celtic colours. Not since 2007 had the Parkhead club won at the ground. With Ange Postecoglou’s men restoring their three-point advantage over Rangers at the top of the table, Forrest has other personal points to make as he sees breaching 100 goals as achievable in the coming two-and-a-bit months.

“It's always been a target,” the Celtic attacker said. “When I scored my last goal - it seems a while ago now - I said that when you are playing with such good players in the squad you are always going to get chances and it will just come down to me whether I take them or not. I managed to get one today so hopefully I can keep adding to it. Normally it's afterwards you talk about stuff you have done. I know it's not easy.