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- He had earlier equalised for 1-1.
- teve Welsh/PAScottish Premiership: Celtic rally to beat Livingston and close on HeartsBenjamin Nygren struck twice as Celtic won 4-2 at Livingston after twice equalising in a frantic opening 10 minutes, a result that reduced Hearts’ lead to three points as a result of their lunchtime defeat at Hibernian. The left-back Cristian Montano twice put Livi ahead only for Nygren and Yang Hyun-jun to equalise.
- The Sweden midfielder put Celtic in front in the 31st minute and an Arne Engels penalty gave them some breathing space before the break. Bottom-placed Livingston, who have gone 17 matches without a win, continued to trouble Celtic’s back three but Wilfried Nancy’s team did enough to seal a second consecutive win. Montano’s first came inside three minutes after a mistake by Kieran Tierney, but Nygren levelled following a corner.
- Montano soon made it 2-1, lashing in Scott Pittman’s cross after letting it bounce, but Yang emerged with the ball from a goalmouth scramble and knocked it over the line. Just after the half-hour a long spell of possession ended with Nygren whipping a shot in off the far post after receiving Tierney’s pass just inside the box.
- Celtic were then handed a 39th-minute penalty when Matthew MacDermid was sent to the monitor by the video assistant referee and ruled that Engels’ corner had struck the arm of Daniel Finlayson as the defender tried to head clear.
