Celtic’s Tom Rogic opens the floodgates in Dundee demolition

Celtic responded to Aberdeen’s increasingly realistic Premiership challenge in storming style with a 6-0 demolition of Dundee at Parkhead.

The Dons’ 3-1 win at Hearts earlier in the afternoon had taken them eight points clear of the champions at the top of the table but Ronny Deila’s side turned in their best performance of the season to demoralise Dundee.

The returning midfielder Tom Rogic scored with a volley in the 14th minute before setting up Leigh Griffiths two minutes later for Celtic’s second goal and the striker’s 10th of the season.

The left-back Emilio Izaguirre, sent off in the 2-2 draw with Ajax in their Europa League Group A opener in Amsterdam on Thursday night, scored twice in six second-half minutes before missing a penalty for his hat-trick.

Scott Brown and the substitute Nadir Ciftci added late goals with the Turk scoring for the first time since signing from Dundee United in the summer.

And while Aberdeen stretched their winning run since the start of the season to eight games, Celtic’s performance will be a reminder that there is still a long way to go in the title race.

Deila freshened up his side from the trip to Holland. Saidy Janko came in for Mikael Lustig at right-back, Efe Ambrose replaced Jozo Simunovic in central defence with Rogic in for Stefan Johansen.

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