Hearts showed they might just be title contenders as they stunned Celtic to move eight points clear at the top of the Premiership.

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Celtic overcame injury and a one-goal deficit to beat Sturm Graz 2-1 in the Europa League. The home side were dealt a significant blow when Kelechi Iheanacho limped off injured after only four minutes.

Derek McInnes' side have a solid spine and sprinkling of class in the final third with Alexandros Kyziridis and Claudio Braga taking Hearts to the next level. The stakes are truly high as Celtic aim to remain on Hearts' tails while the hosts are seeking a season-defining win which will see hype over their legitimacy skyrocket if they can win today.

The 40-year dominance of Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers in Scottish soccer looks to be in serious danger of ending.

Celtic's three winners and three losers from their Scottish Premiership clash with Hearts which ended in a 3-1 win for the hosts.

Hearts are eight points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership after their 3-1 win against Celtic; they are to only side still unbeaten in the league this season

The initial reaction from Celtic is everything you would expect. From then on, I thought Celtic were the better side. The second goal, it's a lovely finish from Alexandros Kyziridis but we work from left to right,

Dane Murray was spooked by the environment and sold the jerseys with a truly awful performance. It happened to big Willie Garner back in the early 1980s and he never recovered. To return to the automobile metaphors, Rodgers has thrown Dane Murray under the bus to prove his point. The boy might not recover from that, Gardner certainly never.