SPL Wednesday January 29th

Celtic 2

Dundee United 0

1:0 Hartson (26); 2:0 Larsson (30)

Att: 58,480

MIB: Pooh Dallas

Celtic: Hedman; Mjallby (McNamara 29), Balde, Valgaeren; Agathe, Sutton, Lennon, Lambert, Smith; Larsson, Hartson (Crainey 82)

The return to league duty after a wee golfing holiday and a cup tie. Nice.

At least the first half was. Celtic played well and scored some decent goals, especially the second, a great move from the right starting with Agathe, moving on with Petrov, a nice one two with Sutton, first time pass to Larsson, and a sweet finish. All we had to do was sit back and watch the Celts demolish the Arabs (how topical!) in the second half. Except... er... it never materialised.

Instead of coming out for the second all fired up the players emerged lethargic. If it hadn't been for some truly woeful finishing we could have had a problem on our hands. That said United were a sorry sight, so much so that Hegarty got the bag after this game.