Celtic survived a scare at Ross County by producing a late burst of goals to stretch their lead at the Scottish Premiership summit to 18 points.

Celtic scored three times in the final 10 minutes at Global Energy Stadium to finally get past Ross County to pull further clear of Rangers.

The champions make the long trip north to a venue where they were left it late to win on their last visit and victory will move them 18 points clear

Ross County manager Don Cowie: "I feel for the players because they put so much into it. "We managed to get ourselves in a great position with 10 minutes to go. To concede the two goals in stoppage time, I'm really disappointed for the boys because I think that's extremely harsh on them.

Ross County have won three of their last four league games (D1), as many as their first 18 such matches of the season beforehand (W3 D6 L9). The Staggies could win three successive Scottish Premiership games for the first time since March 2022.

Celtic are in Premiership action today (Saturday) when they play Ross County in Dingwall, looking to extend their 15-point lead at the top of the Premiership table. And Brendan Rodgers has made three

Jordan Amissah will deservedly get plaudits for his performance. Celtic ended the game with almost 80% possession and despite several clear-cut opportunities in the first 45 minutes, County made it to the break just a goal down thanks to a few cracking saves from Amissah.