'Ronaldo-esque' Jota makes Celtic title certainties and can help them storm Champions League - Hotline

Celtic were showing off their circus skills as acrobats Moritz Jenz and Giorgos Giakoumakis netted a couple of sensational scissor kicks at Rugby Park. But they weren’t the only one head over heels as the Hoops faithful love bombed the Hotline after seeing their team cut Killie to ribbons.

Stephen Mulhern, Dumbarton, was straight on the blower as the full-time whistle blew to say: “That was a five-star performance from Celtic. The reason Celtic will retain the title is we have two players competing for the same position as the mixture of goalscorers showed. We’ve also got the only world-class player in the SPFL in Jota and with his Ronaldo-esque strikes we have every chance of progression in our Champions League group section.”

William Hutchison, Aberdeen, said: “It's going to be close who will win goal of the season as Jota has close competition … with himself! That's two spectacular strikes from the Portuguese and we’re only three weeks into the campaign. Keep them coming!”

It’s early days but Killie fan Jim McClean, Rothesay, is already fearing the worst, emailing in: “What a shambles of a defence we have and the quicker Zach Hemmings is back in goal the better as Sam Walker is hopeless. We are already relegation candidates after three games. Lose next week at Ross County and we’ll be rock bottom of the league - and I think we'll find it hard to get off it!”

Tom Paterson added: “Not surprised at the score - I predicted a 4-0 defeat myself. As a Killie fan I am quite pleased at Derek McInnes's signings so far APART from one position. We BADLY need a midfield playmaker - we have the defensive ball winners in there but goals win matches and we should try to get Scott Allen in that position ASAP. Games against the