Celtic wonder goals shatter Rangers as Kyogo and Bernardo's brilliance shifts title momentum – 5 talking points

Kyogo helped put Celtic back in command of the Premiership title race as his stunning strike ensured Brendan Rodgers’ side head into the new year on a derby high.

Philippe Clement’s first defeat as Ibrox boss was sealed by the Japanese ace just after halt-time. They had already fallen behind to a fiercely-struck opener from Paulo Bernardo midway through the first half. The bad news continued to pile high on the Light Blues when Leon Balogun was sent off with 20 minutes left.

And there was no way back for the Ibrox side despite James Tavernier’s wonderful free-kick halving the deficit just two minutes from the end of the 90. The victory opens up an eight point gap at the top but crucially means Celtic will remain top even if their bitter rivals win their two games in hand.

Clement was boosted by the return of Connor Goldson from injury but Rodgers wasn’t so lucky as Cameron Carter-Vickers sat out the second showdown of the teams this season with the injury he picked up during Celts’ Boxing Day win at Dundee.

That left the Champions having to pair Liam Scales with Stephen Walsh at the centre of defence. If that was cause for concern for the Parkhead faithful, there was better news with Reo Hatate and Liel Abada back on the bench for the first time after their long-term lay-offs.

Jack Butland was forced into first save of the game as he pushes a Kyogo effort behind after the Japanese ace took aim from a tight angle. At the other end ball wouldn’t sit for Todd Cantwell as Ross McCausland’s dangerous cross broke for the Rangers playmaker.

But it was Celtic who came close again as Bernardo flicked a header wide from Luis Palma’s ball into the box. Alistair Johnston’s crude trip on Abdallah Sima earned the Canadian the game’s