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Motherwell 1-2 Celtic: Matt O’Riley’s winner moves Scottish Premiership leaders further clear

Luis Palma’s goal appeared to have given Celtic victory, but instead unleashed a chaotic final few minutes

Matt O’Riley scored a 97th-minute winner in the most dramatic of Scottish Premiership finales to give Celtic victory over a Motherwell side who thought they had salvaged a late point.

After 87 minutes without a goal at Fir Park, Celtic substitute Luis Palma whipped a dangerous cross across goal, which ended up finding the corner of the net after Dan Casey blocked goalkeeper Liam Kelly’s line of sight.

Rather than securing the win, though, Palma’s opener ended up setting off a sequence of chaos.

Motherwell equalised after 95 minutes when Blair Spittal gathered inside the box, shuffled the ball onto his right foot and drilled a shot right into the corner to send the home crowd wild.

Those celebrations were cut short, though, when Celtic broke forward and O’Riley arrived at the back…

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