Ewan Murray was at Celtic Park. Here’s his report. Thanks for reading this MBM.

Philippe Clement’s turn. “We didn’t start well enough … not good enough … giving away too many shots … not enough defensive duels won … we started to play after 2-0 … then we do good things … a few good crosses … then of course taking a red card makes things ten times more complicated … after the red card my team kept on fighting … something can fall out of the sky … more frustrating is the red card … it kills off our plan for the second half … it is totally unnecessary to make the tackle … will be the first one to know … it is a split-second wrong decision but I do not forget all the things he did well in the last couple of months … the team need to show the mentality they showed for the last 70 minutes … the first 20 was not good enough … they need to show it for 90 … in the next two games and the cup final it is important to show a reaction.”

He also reports that John Souttar was indeed injured. They don’t know to what extent yet.

Brendan Rodgers speaks to Sky. “It is very significant … we’re nearly there … three points and another goal to the goal difference … a fantastic win … right up until the penalty we were very good … the energy, the speed was outstanding … it’s a brilliant day … Celtic supporters all around the world in bars and houses, they understand Celtic-Rangers is all about winning … the guys showed a great mentality … three victories against Rangers in four games … the crispness and quality of football was very good … great courage … it’s there for us now, we’ve got to go on and win it.”

Rodgers also reports that Alistair Johnston was replaced as “a consequence of the [Lundstram] tackle … but hopefully he’ll be alright.”

Player of the match Matt O’Riley gets into trouble on Sky. “It was very important … two games left, six points clear … we made it a little bit hard for ourselves again … I probably helped with that with a pretty shit penalty.”

Upon receiving the usual finger-wagging, pearl-clutching admonishment from the broadcaster, he talks through that missed spot kick. “I practised it yesterday … I was in two minds … more to learn from … I won’t do that again … I waited for him to move and he stayed for quite a long time … I probably needed to have slightly bigger balls.”

Magnificently undeterred.

Celtic are all but home and hosed. Parkhead is in party mode, safe in the knowledge that they only need one point from their remaining fixtures against Kilmarnock and St Mirren. Brendan Rodgers wears the smile of a man vindicated. Philippe Clement by contrast has the drained look of a man whose side came up short along the final stretch. Rangers can take some solace in the fact they challenged for the title at all, given the way the season started under Michael Beale … and hey, there’s always the cup final.

Parkhead erupts in a mixture of joy and relief! Dominant Celtic should have secured the three points easily against ten-man Rangers, but missed chance after chance in the second half – including a penalty – to keep the visitors’ hope of an unlikely season-saving point alive. But they held on and now it’s time to party, the title all but theirs! In fairness, anything other than a Celtic win would have been a travesty on the balance of play, though fair play to Rangers for their staunch refusal to buckle, and for making a game of it during the last knockings. John Lundstram has a few apologies to make to his team-mates.

Celtic hold on, and despite making hard work of it against ten-man Rangers, the league is all but secured! Just one more point required for a 54th Scottish title.

90 min +6: A throw deep in Celtic territory. McCausland and Tavernier take an age over it, then over-elaborate, and the chance to launch the ball into the mixer is gone.

90 min +5: McCausland dribbles down the right and crosses low. Taylor clears. All credit to ten-man Rangers for somehow staying in this match.

90 min +3: Carter-Vickers clears the corner. Butland was in the mix and competing for the ball, as well! Celtic counter. Idah makes his way down the inside-left channel only to drag a shot across Butland, who has returned to his station, and wide right.

90 min +2: Yilmaz shoots from distance. The ball’s deflected wide right for a corner. That Rangers are still in this is astonishing. Up comes Butland!

90 min +1: McCausland finds some space down the right. His low cross is scooped away by Scales. Rangers giving this a real go!

90 min: There will be seven additional minutes.

89 min: McGregor comes sliding in on Diomande. Just a free kick, but he wants to be careful, Celtic’s captain already on a booking. Soon after play resumes, Kuhn loops a cross in from the right. Maeda slots but he’s clearly offside. Up pops the flag. Somehow, Rangers are still in with a shout!

88 min: Maeda zips down the left and wins a corner. Nothing comes of it, but Celtic nudge closer to the finishing line.

86 min: O’Riley crosses from the right. Idah attempts to force home from close range but once again Butland emerges victorious.

85 min: During the last ten minutes, 48 percent of the match has been played out in Celtic’s final third. Idah tries to tip the balance back in the home team’s favour with a dribble down the right, but he neither crosses nor shoots, and the resulting corner is a waste of everyone’s time.

84 min: Roofe comes on for an understandably knackered Dessers, who has put in a thankless shift today.

83 min: Ralston whips a low cross in from the right. Idah should bundle home at the near post but doesn’t connect properly and Butland gathers. Celtic should be home and hosed but this isn’t over quite yet.

81 min: Celtic are getting a little bit careless here. Another chance for Rangers to send a ball into their box, from a free kick on the halfway line. Davies launches it long. … but nothing comes of it. A few nerves among the Parkhead faithful.

80 min: Iwata comes on for Hatate.

79 min: Before the corner is taken, Tavernier gives the referee a couple of bawbees generously flung at him by the Celtic faithful. Nothing comes of the set piece when it’s eventually taken.

78 min: A corner on the right leads to another on the left. Tavernier to take.

77 min: Scales finds Maeda down the left with a diagonal rake. Maeda crosses low and forces Sterling into slapping the ball behind for a corner. From which … Wright tears upfield on the counter and nearly gets the better of McGregor down the right. He settles for a corner. A rare opportunity for Rangers.

75 min: Idah gets overly physical at the corner and the pressure on Rangers is released. For now.

74 min: Johnston can’t continue. He limps off to be replaced by Ralston. Meanwhile Silva, who has played well, a rare plus point for Rangers today, is hooked for Wright.

73 min: Kuhn dribbles into the Rangers box in the Jinky style. A baroque run comes to an end with a shot that’s deflected over the bar for a corner. Before it can be taken, Johnston requires some treatment.

72 min: Celtic make a double change, replacing Kyogo and the excellent Forrest with Idah and Kuhn.

71 min: McGregor is booked for a tug on Raskin, who was threatening to break into the Celtic half. “O’Riley looks like a seriously good player,” opines Simon McMahon. “I think he cost something like £1.5m from MK Dons? A strong case to be made that he could be Celtic’s best-value signing since Larsson.”

69 min: Dessers drives hard down the right. He’s got nobody up with him, but holds it up well. Eventually a couple of blue shirts arrive and the ball’s pumped into the box. It loops into the air and drops towards McCausland, just inside the area. McCausland should buy a ticket for the raffle and volley goalwards, but elects to take a touch instead. That touch is heavy, and the chance is gone.

67 min: Tavernier tries to find Dessers with a long rake. Easily intercepted. The ball keeps coming back at Rangers. There’s no out. Exactly 50 percent of this second half has been played out in Rangers’ final third.

65 min: O’Riley threads a glorious pass down the right channel for Johnston, who can’t find anyone with his cross. Did the ball take a nick off Sterling’s hand? Possibly, but his arm was hanging by his side and you can’t be giving penalty kicks for that.

63 min: Kyogo spins Davies in the dad-on-son-in-park fashion, but just as he threatens to tear clear down the inside-right channel, Sterling comes across to block. That initial trick was way too easy.

61 min: A double change for Rangers, as Raskin and Yilmaz replace Lawrence and Barisic.

60 min: It really is. Forrest shoots from distance. Some pinball in a crowded box. The ball drops to Maeda, who calmly slots past Butland from ten yards. But the flag goes up correctly for offside. Closer and closer.

59 min: McGregor sends a forensic shot towards the bottom right. Butland needs two attempts to gather, but gather he does. Third goal’s a-comin’.